Honoring the Depth and Capacity of Sensitive Systems
The Weight of Daily Adaptation
If you are highly sensitive or neurodivergent, daily life may require more effort than it appears to require for others. Environments that feel manageable to most people can leave you depleted. You may need significant time to recover from interactions, sensory input, or emotional experiences that others move through with ease.
Many sensitive people have learned to mask or adapt in order to function in environments that are not designed for their nervous system. This might look like smiling through overstimulation, overriding your body's signals for rest, or pushing through when your system is asking you to slow down. By the time you are alone, there may be little energy left for yourself or the people you care about.
If you are tired of working this hard just to get through the day, there is another way. This work is about building the capacity to navigate your life with less depletion and more confidence and ease.
Do Any Of These Sound Familiar?
You feel easily overwhelmed by noise, crowds, bright lights, or strong emotions. What others seem to handle with ease can leave you depleted.
You need more downtime and rest than others around you, and you may feel pressure to justify or apologize for this need.
You have been told you are too sensitive, and you may have started to wonder if something is wrong with you because the world feels harder to navigate than it seems to for others.
You struggle to set boundaries without over-explaining or taking on responsibility for how others feel.
You have learned to mask or adapt to get through the day, which leaves you exhausted by the time you are alone.
If any of this resonates with you, you are not alone. Sensitivity and neurodivergence are not flaws in your system. I am here to help you work with your nervous system as it is.
Why Somatic Work For Highly Sensitive Nervous Systems
Research on Sensory Processing Sensitivity shows that highly sensitive brains process information more deeply and through more neural pathways than others. You are not imagining that you take in more. Your nervous system is literally receiving and processing more sensory, emotional, and social data than most people around you.
This deeper processing is a capacity, not a flaw. It allows for rich perception, empathy, and awareness. It gives you the ability to see patterns and, with space, find solutions. Without body-based practices to release what accumulates, this constant intake shows up as chronic tension, hypervigilance, overwhelm, physical symptoms, and exhaustion.
Somatic work addresses what lives in your body. Practices like TRE® allow your nervous system to release accumulated tension before it becomes chronic stress or trauma. This is not just about healing past wounds. It is essential self-care for keeping sensitive systems running smoothly.
As a highly sensitive person myself and an Advanced Certified TRE® Provider, I have built my practice specifically around body-based approaches designed for how sensitive nervous systems work.
How We Work Together
Therapy with me is body-centered and designed for sensitive nervous systems. Sessions are typically 50 minutes, and we work at a pace that honors what your system can integrate.
As a highly sensitive person myself, I understand what it is like to navigate a world that can feel overwhelming. I bring that understanding into every session.
What to expect:
We start by listening. In our initial sessions, we explore your unique nervous system patterns and what has been challenging for you. This includes understanding how your body holds stress, where you feel activation, and what balance feels like for you.
We work with your sensitivity. Together, we develop somatic practices for managing overstimulation, protecting your energy, and honoring your need for rest. These are personalized to your nervous system and can be practiced between sessions.
We build capacity for presence. Many sensitive people have learned to override their body's signals or disconnect from what they feel. We work to rebuild trust in your internal cues and strengthen your ability to stay present with what arises.
We address relational patterns. If you have spent years adapting to others' expectations or managing their emotions, we explore how these patterns live in your body and nervous system. This work helps you develop clearer boundaries and more authentic connection.
We create sustainable rhythms. This includes exploring how your nervous system responds to different environments, relationships, and demands, and building patterns that support balance rather than depletion.
This approach is not about learning to tolerate a world that overwhelms you. It is about building the nervous system capacity to navigate your life with greater ease and presence.
Thrive in Your Sensitivity
You Do Not Have To Keep Adapting
It is possible to feel at home in your own body, to honor your needs without apology, and to move through the world at a pace that works for your nervous system. You do not have to keep forcing yourself to operate like everyone else.
Schedule your free 15 minute consultation to explore whether this feels right for you.