The Highly Sensitive Person's Workbook A Comprehensive Collection of Pre-tested Exercises Developed to Enhance the Lives of HSP's

Are you a Highly Sensitive Person? If so this workbook is for you.Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you? Do you have a rich inner life and intense dreams? Did parents or teachers call you too shy or too sensitive? If you answered ye...|Are you a Highly Sensitive Person? If so this workbook is for you.Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you? Do you have a rich inner life and intense dreams? Did parents or teachers call you too shy or too sensitive? If you answered yes to any of these questions you may be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP).High sensitivity is a trait shared by 20 percent of the population according to Dr. Elaine Aron a clinical psychologist and workshop leader and the bestselling author ofThe Highly Sensitive Person. The enormous response to her book led Dr. Aron to createThe Highly Sensitive Person's Workbook designed to honor that long-ignored trampled-on part of yourself--your sensitivity. A collection of exercises and activities for both individuals and groups this workbook will help you identify the HSP trait in yourself nurture the new positive self-image you deserve and create a fuller richer life. You will be able to Identify your specific sensitivities with self-assessment tests Reframe past experiences in a more positive light Interpret dreams and relate them to your sensitivity Cope with overarousal through relaxation breathing and visualization techniques Describe your trait in a work interview or to an unsympathetic family member new friend doctor or therapist Amazon.com Review Can 1.2 billion exceptionally nervous nervous systems be wrong? No way says depth psychologist Elaine Aron bestselling author ofThe Highly Sensitive Person. An HSP herself Aron is also the reigning expert on the subject and this workbook exists to make you a more helpful expert on yourself. It can be read in conjunction with her more narrative book--the chapter headings match--or without it. You should use this workbook in any way you darn well please says Aron in a typical free-yourself comment. So what is an HSP? Aron thinks one-fifth of humanity is born with more finely tuned perceptions than the rest. In primitive times HSPs were the first to spot the lion lurking in the bush the last to shoot the arrow--and the likeliest to hit the lion in one shot. Later HSPs became the tempering priestly advisors to the more aggressive warrior kings. To be an HSP is a challenge and an opportunity she argues. This book contains self-tests to determine whether you're an HSP and if so which kind introverted extroverted sensation seeking and other plausible categories. Some HSPs yearn for earlids to shut out sound for instance. There are plenty of blanks to fill in as you analyze your childhood health concerns work history and psychic wounds with plenty of guidance on how to do it--sample entries as intriguing as someone else's diary. If you've ever wished you could go back and retort to somebody who said something hurtful that made you speechless Aron has the exercise to channel your resentment into insight. She gives a quick course in dream analysis (Freud couldn't outdo her job on a dream about The A-Team's Mr. T and a tiger) and rather boldly invites you to envision and prepare for your death. There's also a practical guide to setting up HSP discussion groups with enough structure to prevent fizzle and poor focus. Review People who want to modify their behavioral styles have to go beyond mere reflection and making resolutions to actually engaging in a set of activities that focus them in new productive creative directions. Aron's workbook does just that through her many tasks guidelines and action paths for sensitive people. Get it and do it!--Philip G. Zimbardo Ph.D. author ofShynessHighly sensitive people often need help with two goals developing a deep sense of self-acceptance and becoming more confident in their relationships with other people. Elaine Aron's enormously helpful new workbook offers a sympathetic and effective program for highly sensitive people to make real progress in pursuit of their goals.--Jonathan Cheek Ph.D. aut