Working with Highly Sensitive Clients

While 20% of the population possess the high sensitivity personality trait, approximately 70% of your clients may be highly sensitive, often without realising it.

These clients may have faced years of overwhelming feelings, frustration, isolation, and loneliness.

They frequently find themselves asking, “What’s wrong with me?” and have often been met with the question, “What’s wrong with you?”

Many have endured a lifetime of being told to ‘toughen up’.

Ultimately, they arrive in your therapy room seeking understanding and support.

In this workshop, we will explore effective ways to identify high sensitivity, educate your clients about their unique traits, and equip you with strategies to help your highly sensitive clients thrive.

Sensitivity is not a limitation. When it is understood and nurtured, it can empower your clients to lead exceptional lives.

Consider the remarkable gifts that highly sensitive individuals bring to the world.

Their deep empathy and ability to connect can transform therapeutic relationships.

In this workshop, we will look at how to harness these strengths while addressing the challenges that are presented.

You will learn to create a safe and supportive space for your clients to express their feelings and experiences, fostering an environment where they can flourish.

We will delve into practical techniques that empower you to help your clients embrace their sensitivity as a powerful asset in both their personal and professional lives.

Who is this work shop for?

This is for counsellors, psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, teachers, and anybody in caring or helping roles who work with highly sensitive clients or are looking to expand their knowledge of the trait. 

What will I learn?

The workshop will cover the following areas:

• What does it really mean to be a highly sensitive person (HSP)?
• Common challenges that face the HSP
• Self care for the HSP
• Challenges in the therapeutic relationship with the HSP
• Working with grief, trauma, mental health, couples and the HSP client
• Neurodiversity and the HSP client
• Supervision for working with HS
• Question time

Note that all workshops and seminars presented by High Sensitivity Australia are designed to be HSP friendly. This means there is no requirement for you to introduce yourself, no expectation to contribute out loud to discussions, no break out rooms, and no questions asked of you to answer to the group. 

The format is a mix of observed conversation between Erica and Matt, story telling, and presentation.  

When and Where?

Date: TBA

Time: TBA

Location: Online (a zoom link is provided on the Humanitix Hub a day before the event)

Cost: $90

Recording: A recording will be available to paid registrants on the Humanitix Hub for 60 days after the event.

Learning resources: Provided on the Humanitix Hub

Certificate of attendance: Provided after the event

This workshop may attract professional develpoment points for your professional bodies (PACFA etc). Please check with your professional body directly.

How to Book

Click on the button below to reserve your place. This will take you to our Humanitix booking platform. 

if you have any questions, please email us on admin@highsensitivity.com.au.

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