April Snow, a licensed psychotherapist and author specializing in Highly Sensitive Introverts, shares her journey as a Highly Sensitive Therapist. She discusses the unique challenges faced by sensitive therapists and emphasizes the importance of personalizing therapy practices. April dispels common misconceptions about sensitivity and provides practical self-care strategies to combat burnout. She advocates for a supportive community and encourages therapists to embrace their uniqueness as strengths in their practice.
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Understanding Highly Sensitive Person Traits
Being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) means processing deeply, feeling emotions intensely, and sensing subtle environmental cues.
This trait includes depth of processing, overstimulation, emotional responsiveness, and sensory sensitivity.
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Isolation to Community for HSTs
April felt isolated as a new sensitive therapist without resources tailored to Highly Sensitive Therapists (HST).
She created a community validating HSTs' unique needs and work styles, leading to greater connection and sustainability.
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Reframing HST Work Expectations
Many HSP therapists mistakenly believe they must conform to high-volume, fast-paced work models.
Embracing alternative approaches based on sensitivity can lead to meaningful, sustainable therapy careers.
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An essential component of having a sustainable and enjoyable psychotherapy practice is ensuring it’s set up in a manner that truly honors our unique qualities and needs. What happens, however, if what we truly need to thrive in our practice looks different than that of our colleagues?
Unfortunately, that can lead many clinicians to incorrectly assume it says something negative about them as a therapist or their suitability for the profession. As a self-described Highly Sensitive Therapist (HST), April Snow, LMFT, knows this experience all too well and has made it her mission to help Highly Sensitive Introverts and Therapists create a life that embraces their unique gifts. In this episode, April clarifies what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), and talks about what lead her to develop a specialty in working with HSTs, some of the biggest misconceptions about being a HST, and how to start developing a practice that is better aligned with the unique qualities of being a HST.
Episode highlights:
What it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
What lead April to specialize in working with Highly Sensitive Therapists (HSTs)
Some of the biggest misconceptions of being a HST
One step listeners can take today to work in alignment with being a HST
April’s favorite “non-conventional” self-care practice
April Snow, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist, author, and consultant in California who specializes in working with Highly Sensitive Introverts. April strongly believes that being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) doesn’t have to stop you from living a fully engaged life and is on a mission to help HSPs create a life on their own terms so they can manage the overwhelm and start to thrive.
Disclaimer: This podcast seeks to be educational in purpose and is not to be used as clinical advice. Please connect with a therapist one-on-one for personalized support.
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