High Sensitivity

Understanding High Sensitivity

High sensitivity, also known as Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS), refers to individuals who are more sensitive to sensory stimuli, emotions, and social interactions. Highly sensitive people (HSPs) may feel overwhelmed by loud noises, strong smells, or emotional intensity, and may need more time to process their experiences. While high sensitivity is not a disorder, it can affect emotional regulation and overall well-being.

The Role of Counselling in Supporting High Sensitivity

Therapy helps highly sensitive individuals embrace their sensitivity and develop coping strategies for managing sensory overload. Counselling focuses on helping HSPs navigate social and emotional challenges, improving their emotional regulation and overall mental health.

Building Emotional Resilience

Through therapy, HSPs learn to build emotional resilience by understanding their sensitivity and developing tools to manage their emotional responses. Therapy helps highly sensitive individuals feel more in control of their emotions and less overwhelmed by external stimuli.

Improving Relationships and Well-Being

Counselling also focuses on improving relationships, as high sensitivity can affect how individuals interact with others. Therapy provides support in communicating needs, setting boundaries, and maintaining positive, fulfilling relationships.

  • Understanding high sensitivity
  • Managing sensory and emotional overwhelm
  • Building emotional resilience
  • Improving relationships and well-being
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Therapists who can help with high sensitivity

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Alan Sparkes Hove

Alan Sparkes

Psychotherapist & Counsellor

I am a qualified UKCP registered Psychotherapist. I aim to help people heal and integrate. I’m a parent, a skateboarder, a basketball player and I’ve done a lot of therapy.I don't do psychic amputation. I believe you can't cut off a part of yourself you don’t like or that causes you pain - and that you will run into more problems if you try. I do believe you can reach into your heart and soul through therapy and establish a healing relationship that will give you the resources you need to live well and fully.  

BACPRegisteredUKCPAccredited
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Joana Miranda Brighton

Joana Miranda

Psychotherapeutic Counsellor

I believe that feeling genuinely heard, understood, and accepted can be an important part of the therapeutic process. I aim to create a warm, compassionate, and non-judgmental space where you can feel safe to explore whatever may be bringing you to counselling.I know that reaching out for support can feel daunting, so I strive to make our sessions feel welcoming and comfortable. You don't need to have everything figured out before you come to counselling. We can take things at your pace and explore what feels most important to you.I am naturally a good listener and bring empathy, curiosity, and openness to my work. My aim is to support you in developing a better understanding of yourself, your experiences, and the patterns that may be affecting your wellbeing and relationships.

NCPSAccredited
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Jaz Stroe Brighton

Jaz Stroe

Therapist / Counsellor

A Registered Member of the BACP, I've trained extensively in psychodynamic psychotherapy and counselling, working with the past, memories, dreams and the unconscious. I also volunteer with two leading mental health organisations and benefit from bi-weekly supervision to deepen my knowledge and approach.I’m also a third-culture person. I grew up in the UK with mixed Romanian and Serbian heritage. I know what it's like to perform versions of yourself while quietly feeling like someone else. Cultural identity, migration, belonging and othering are all woven into my psychology and therapeutic practice.I aim to maintain a genuinely inclusive space across culture, identity, sexual orientation, relationship structure, faith, and background. I don't work from a single script of what a person, a relationship, or a life should look like. I work within an ethic of non-harm, to self and to others, and I ask the same of the therapeutic space we share.Ultimately, I came into this work wanting to understand and aid my own mental wellbeing. I've had personal therapy for over a decade. I can only take you as far as I've gone myself, and I've gone deep. In other words, you're in safe hands, and you will be held week after week, for as long as you keep showing up.

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