132: Tools for the Highly Sensitive Person with Allison Lefkowitz
Posted: January 6, 2021
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)