You're not "too much." You're highly sensitive — and sometimes the world can feel like a lot.

Maybe you've spent years wondering what's wrong with you.

You may have been told you're too sensitive, too emotional, or that you need to "get over it."

Maybe you've tried.

But you can't simply turn off the way you experience the world.

You may notice things other people don't. You may feel emotions deeply, pick up on subtle changes in other people's moods, or become overwhelmed by stimulation, conflict, or too much happening at once.

And sometimes you may wonder:

Why does everything affect me so much?

Why can't I just let things go?

Why does everyone else seem to handle this better than I do?

What's wrong with me?

There isn't anything wrong with you.

You May Be Highly Sensitive If...

• You cry easily, whether from sadness, joy, frustration, or simply feeling things deeply.

• You become overwhelmed by loud noises, crowds, busy environments, or too much stimulation.

• Certain sensory experiences — like a tag in your shirt, particular sounds, or strong smells — can feel intensely uncomfortable.

• You notice subtle changes in people's moods, expressions, or energy that others may not seem to notice.

• You absorb the emotions of people around you and can feel drained after being with others.

• You need more quiet, alone time, or recovery time than other people seem to need.

• You feel guilty for needing space, yet sometimes become resentful when you've spent too much time caring for everyone else.

• Conflict, criticism, or rejection affects you deeply.

• When too much is happening, you may become anxious, shut down, withdraw, or feel like you need to escape.

• You've often been told you're "too sensitive," "overreacting," or "too much," and you've started to wonder if something is wrong with you.

Your sensitivity isn't something that needs to be fixed.

Highly sensitive people tend to process emotional, sensory, and relational information deeply.

You may notice subtleties that others don't. You may experience emotions intensely, think deeply about your experiences, and be particularly attuned to the people around you.

These qualities can be strengths.

But when your nervous system is continually taking in more than it has time to process, sensitivity can become exhausting.

You may feel constantly "on."
You may need more recovery time.
You may become overwhelmed more quickly.
You may find yourself withdrawing or shutting down when you've reached your limit.

The goal of therapy isn't to make you less sensitive.

It's to help you understand your sensitivity and learn how to work with it rather than constantly fighting against it.

When high sensitivity starts affecting your life

Anxiety & Overwhelm

You may feel constantly on edge, overthink everything, or have trouble relaxing even when nothing is immediately wrong.

Learn more about Anxiety & Chronic Overwhelm →

Emotional Shutdown & Numbness

Sometimes you've felt so much for so long that you stop feeling much at all. You withdraw, disconnect, or simply go through the motions.

Learn more about Emotional Shutdown →

Relationships & Attachment

You care deeply about other people but may struggle to say no, tolerate conflict, or know where their feelings end and yours begin.

Learn more about Relationships & Boundaries →

People-Pleasing & Self-Doubt

You may have become very good at anticipating other people's needs while ignoring your own.

Learn more about Relationships & Boundaries →

Early Emotional Wounds

If you grew up being told you were too sensitive, emotional, difficult, or dramatic, you may have learned to distrust your own feelings.

Learn more about Trauma & Early Emotional Wounds →

Overthinking & Your Inner Critic

You may analyze conversations, decisions, mistakes, and relationships long after everyone else has moved on.

Learn more about Anxiety & Chronic Overwhelm →

How therapy can help

Therapy can give you a place to slow down and understand what's happening beneath the surface.

Together, we can work on:

Understanding your nervous system
Recognizing what happens in your body when you're becoming overwhelmed and learning ways to regulate before you reach your limit.

Understanding your patterns
Exploring why you overthink, people-please, withdraw, become perfectionistic, or shut down.

Building boundaries
Learning to care about other people without automatically taking responsibility for their emotions.

Reconnecting with yourself
Identifying what you feel, what you need, and what matters to you—even when your first instinct is to focus on everyone else.

Developing self-trust
Learning to listen to your own experience without immediately questioning whether you're being too sensitive.

A therapy space where you don't have to be less

You don't have to apologize for crying.

You don't have to convince me that something was difficult enough to matter.

You don't have to minimize what you're feeling because someone else might not understand it.

And you don't have to become less sensitive to make other people comfortable.

My approach draws from somatic therapy, nervous system regulation, EMDR, IFS/parts work, and attachment-focused therapy.

We'll slow things down enough to understand what's happening beneath the surface while working toward meaningful change.

You may be a good fit for this work if...

You're an adult who:

• feels deeply and thinks deeply

• becomes overwhelmed easily

• struggles with anxiety or chronic stress

• tends to overthink

• has difficulty setting boundaries

• feels guilty taking care of yourself

• often puts other people's needs first

• shuts down when things become too much

• has a loud or critical inner voice

• feels disconnected from yourself

• wants to understand why you respond the way you do

You don't have to identify as an HSP to work with me.

You may simply recognize that you experience the world deeply and that the ways you've learned to cope aren't working as well as they once did.

You don't have to become less sensitive.

You can learn to understand yourself, honor your needs, calm an overwhelmed nervous system, and feel more at home in who you are.

Wondering if you're highly sensitive?

If you're not sure whether you identify as a highly sensitive person, you can take Elaine Aron's HSP self-test to learn more about the trait.

(Spoiler alert: if you are, it isn’t a bad thing!)