132: Tools for the Highly Sensitive Person with Allison Lefkowitz, LMFT

Join me in a laughter-filled conversation with Allison Lefkowitz, author of “The Highly Sensitive Person’s Toolkit: Everyday Strategies for Thriving in an Overstimulating World,” and one of the best resources for highly sensitive individuals. Allison is a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice in New York City who specializes in working with highly sensitive people (HSPs).
Topics discussed in this episode:
What it means to be Highly Sensitive (8:18) Areas where Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) struggle (9:30) How to differentiate an empath versus an HSP (10:16) Self-Advocacy and Self Parenting: the first of the nine Core Skills for HSPs (13:26) The Self-Advocacy and Self Parenting Skill Set (14:51) The *5 Different Sensitive Styles (23:19) What has surprised Allison the most in her work with HSPs (30:02)
Resources:
Allison’s website: almft.com/
Allison’s email: [e-mail]
The Highly Sensitive Person’s Toolkit: almft.com/highly-sensitive-per...
*Resource for the 5 different sensitive styles: Living With Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and the Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults,
edited by Susan Daniels and Michael Piechowski

[@LourdesViadoPhDMFT]

Survey Invitation for HSPS who have experienced Trauma We're in the process of creating resources that are beneficial for Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) who have experienced trauma. We’ve developed a questionnaire in order to best understand what’s most helpful. If this applies to you, and you’re interested in learning more about this topic, we would love to have you participate in this survey. Your responses are anonymous unless you choose to provide that information. Please feel free to share the link with others! Link to survey: forms.gle/bmWQrDNFJ8frXT6W9 Lourdes Viado, PhD, LMFT and Carmen Schmidt Benedetti, LMFT

[@aml8760]

Wonderful conversation 🙏

[@empath2freedom550]

Thank you so much! Your work is greatly appreciated ❤️❤️❤️

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I love your podcast! Thank you so much for everything you do.

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Thanks!

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I appreciate all there is to learn on this podcast. The only thing that troubles me here is the music. It sounds like mortuary music to me. I have been to sooo many funerals! 🥺

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How can u ask for support without fishing for compliments, or asking for special accommodations? What is the nice way to ask, "Please notice something good I did today, and pls don't say anything related to "giving" bc I'm tired."

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If your brain turned on this response, it can turn it off too.

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It’s taking them too long to get to the point.