Online Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Emeryville, California CA
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Viktoria Walda Byczkiewicz, Ph.D.
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD
As a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), you feel and process stimuli the world presents in a manner that touches you more deeply than most. Whether it be the overwhelm of bright and searing lights, the grating or startling sounds of bustling activity or loud noises in your purview, or knowledge of the suffering of other people, animals, or the natural world, HSPs experience almost everything more intensely and, as a result, can easily become exhausted by overstimulation. At the same time, HSPs have been given the gifts of attunement and heightened empathy. We can transform these sensitivities into strengths as we learn to embrace our uniqueness, understand how we might differ from others, determine realistic boundaries, and learn to proactively communicate our needs.
10 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA (Online Only)
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Michelle Roberts
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Some of us live, hear, sense, and feel at a different frequency. It's your superpower, and sometimes your downfall. It's okay. We will work together to help you build love and acceptance for all parts of yourself, and find ways to resource you so that you can find routes back to wellbeing.
12 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA (Online Only)
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Hannah Nyznyk Christian
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT #133278
We work with highly sensitive individuals who feel deeply and experience the world intensely. Therapy helps turn sensitivity into a strength rather than a source of overwhelm.
7 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
HSP
Christina Dee
Marriage and Family Therapist, M.A. LMFT
High sensitivity is a neurological trait, not a flaw. I help HSPs understand and embrace their way of processing the world, develop tools for managing overstimulation and emotional intensity, and transform sensitivity into a meaningful strength.
11 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
HSP
Dr. Claire Vines, Psy.D., Psychologist / Licensed /Psychotherapy / Psychoanalytic/
Marriage and Family Therapist, Marriage, Couples, LMFT. Psy.D. Trauma-Focused CBT
A highly sensitive person, is an individual who will experience the world more intensely, processing the world's experiences more deeply often with over stimulation often creating a sense of feeling overwhelmed. The highly sensitive person can experience overstimulation from loud noises, bright lights, and often tuned into others who have confusing sensitive emotions.
21 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
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Lisa Chester-Schyman
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
As a therapist who understands the unique experiences of High Sensitive Persons (HSPs), I offer a gentle, affirming space to explore the challenges and gifts of sensitivity. It may be you feel easily overwhelmed, deeply affected by the emotions of others, or in need of more space and time to process life, we can work together to help you navigate the word with greater ease and self-compassion.
8 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA (Online Only)
HSP
Marina Edelman | TrueMe Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
We support highly sensitive individuals in managing overwhelm, emotional intensity, and boundary challenges. Clients learn to view sensitivity as a strength rather than a liability.
20 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
HSP
Greta Klaber
Marriage and Family Therapist, Ma, LMFT
When working with highly sensitive people, I start by getting to know your unique internal landscape—your sensory experiences, emotional responses, and how sensitivity shows up in your daily life. Together, we explore how your system moves through the world, and how environments not designed for sensitivity can lead to overwhelm. I work to normalize and contextualize these experiences, highlighting the strength in sensitivity while also acknowledging the need for support and maintenance.
Our work focuses on helping you better understand and care for your system, especially during moments when your capacity feels limited. We build strategies that are sustainable and compassionate—rooted in somatic awareness, parts work, and self-understanding—so you can move through the world in a way that honors your sensitivity rather than working against it.
9 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
HSP
Emily St. Amant
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC-MHSP-S (TN), LPCC (CA)
I enjoy working with people who are highly sensitive, including those who are introverted and/or neurodiverse.
18 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA (Online Only)
HSP
Rose Snyder, EdM, PsyD, LLC
Psychologist, PsyD
I am well versed in treating highly sensitive people and am surrounded by them both personally and professionally. Whether it's having a heightened sensory experience of the world, or living with intense emotions, or both, I have a number of tools and approaches to work with you to set healthy boundaries for yourself, find your own sense of balance, and also learn to manage more sensory input over time if needed. I take a strengths-based approach here, respecting and celebrating your unique neurophysiology and helping you learn to work with what you've got in a way that is most conducive to feeling good in your life.
23 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
HSP
Shirley Johnson,
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, CYT
Sensitivity is not weakness; it is depth. I help highly sensitive individuals regulate overwhelm, honor intuition, and build lives that protect their energy without shrinking their gifts and build confidence with practicing and creating boundaries around their energy.
11 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA (Online Only)
HSP
Sam Naimi
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Psychotherapist & Psychoanalyst
High sensitivity is a finely tuned way of taking in the world; it's not a flaw or weakness at all. Highly sensitive people experience emotions, relationships, and environments with unusual depth and intensity. In analytic work, we explore how this sensitivity has been shaped by early experiences and how it can become a source of strength rather than overwhelm, allowing for greater steadiness, meaning, and self-trust over time.
8 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
HSP
Rebecca Rothberg
Psychologist, Psy.D., M.A., R.Y.T.
I specialize in supporting highly sensitive and growth-oriented individuals who have struggled to find their way, or have endeavored to do so in spite of great obstacles. Helping you to move from a place of surviving to thriving, we will uncover and nurture your innate gifts of exceptional empathy, sensory awareness, vivid creativity, deep intuition, and profound capacity for processing while helping you to regulate your nervous system, hold boundaries, and build resilience.
9 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
HSP
Layla Ashley Psychotherapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Highly sensitive people (HSP) often experience emotions, environments, and relationships more intensely. As an HSP myself, I can help you understand your sensitivity as a strength while learning ways to protect your energy and maintain balance.
23 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
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Daniel Slavin
Marriage and Family Therapist
I help highly sensitive individuals better understand their emotional depth, nervous system sensitivity, and relational needs. Therapy supports learning how to manage overwhelm, set healthy boundaries, and experience sensitivity as a strength rather than a liability.
41 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
HSP
Alicia Stalker-Gallichio LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, SAP
At Alicia Stalker LMFT we understand that being a highly sensitive person (HSP) can come with unique challenges and profound gifts HSP's often experience the world in vivid detail experiencing emotions more intensely and processing stimuli at a deeper level. While this sensitivity can enrich your fie it can also lead to feigns of overwhelm, anxiety or social exhaustion. My therapy services provide a safe and nurturing environment whereto can explore your experience and develop strategies to navigate the complexities of your sensitivity.
21 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
HSP
Aimen Bukhari
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT 144748, LPCC 18977
I work with highly sensitive adults who feel easily overwhelmed, emotionally reactive, or drained by expectations and stimulation. Therapy focuses on nervous system regulation, emotional boundaries, and understanding sensitivity as a strength rather than a flaw.
7 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA (Online Only)
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Stephanie Morfitt, LCSW More Fit Mental Health
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
When You Feel Everything Deeply
If you’ve ever been told you’re “too sensitive,” “too emotional,” or that you “care too much,” you may be what’s known as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) — someone whose nervous system is more finely tuned to the world around them. I understand this on a personal level — I’m an HSP myself. Being highly sensitive is not a flaw; it’s a temperament trait shared by about 20% of people. It means your mind and body process information and emotion more deeply. You notice subtleties, feel others’ moods, and reflect deeply — yet that same sensitivity can make life feel overwhelming, especially when faced with stress, criticism, or conflict.
In therapy, we’ll use a structured, evidence-based approach called TEAM-CBT to help you embrace sensitivity as a strength while learning tools to manage its challenges. Together, we’ll focus on:
Calming the inner critic that tells you you’re “too much”
Reducing anxiety and emotional exhaustion from overstimulation
Setting healthy boundaries without guilt
Building confidence to share your true self with others
Developing emotional tools that turn sensitivity into insight and intuition
Our work will be both structured and gentle — blending neuroscience, mindfulness, and humor to help you feel grounded, capable, and at peace in your own skin.
I BELIEVE:
Sensitivity is not weakness — it’s awareness, empathy, and depth.
You can be both strong and soft, confident and cautious, independent and deeply connected.
Boundaries are not walls; they’re invitations to authentic connection.
You deserve a life that feels calm, balanced, and safe for your sensitive nervous system.
Healing doesn’t mean hardening — it means learning to stay open without being overwhelmed.
Also Integrated In Our Work:
• Interpersonal Work – to strengthen connection and empower you to be yourself using The 5 Secrets of Effective Communication
• Mindful Self-Compassion – to cultivate a gentler, kinder inner voice through the work of Dr. Kristin Neff
• Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) – to regulate the nervous system and support trauma recovery alongside cognitive tools for a well-rounded approach
10 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
HSP
Eve Angela Fritsch
Marriage and Family Therapist, M.A.
Being a highly sensitive person is NOT a weakness. You may feel emotions deeply, become overwhelmed more easily, or notice things that other people do not. I help highly sensitive individuals and couples better understand this unique quality. Together, we will learn how to work with your sensitivity instead of feeling controlled by it.
9 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA (Online Only)
HSP
Amanda A. Hendricks
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC, ATR-BC, MA, MFA, RYT®200, CTMH, EMDRIA Certified Therapist™
In practice, I offer Highly Sensitive People options for processing mental health issues such as art therapy informed by evidence-based treatments, often we integrate DBT and EMDR.
12 Years Experience
Online in Emeryville, CA
Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Emeryville, California Statistics
Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Emeryville, California average 14 years of experience and charge around $202 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Highly Sensitive Person (100%), Anxiety or Fears (91%), and Stress (81%).
Average years in practice
14 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$202
Gender ID
| 77% |
Female |
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| 15% |
Male |
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| 5% |
Non-Binary |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 50% |
In Person and Online |
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| 50% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Highly Sensitive Person |
| 91% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 81% | Stress |
| 80% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 72% | Self Esteem |
| 72% | Depression |
| 67% | Loss or Grief |