Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Branford, CT
Browse Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Branford, Connecticut. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
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Dr. Christopher Lowery, DHSc, CLCP
Clinical Health Practitioner, Board-Certified Life Care Planner
This component assist with helping individuals manage emotional intensity, set healthy boundaries, and develop coping strategies to thrive in daily life.
24 Years Experience
Online in Branford, CT
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Tara Murphy
Psychologist, Psy.D.
As a highly sensitive person myself, I understand how sensitivity can feel both overwhelming and deeply valuable. I use IFS, mindfulness, and somatic approaches to help clients manage overstimulation and shame while highlighting the strengths of empathy and awareness. Narrative and existential therapies further support meaning-making. My diagnostic training ensures accurate distinction between sensitivity, trauma, and neurodivergence, while I also use a sensory diet approach to help with regulation and self care.
29 Years Experience
Online in Branford, CT (Online Only)
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Soma Aloia, SoulWork Somatics, Somatic Counseling & Bodywork
Counselor/Therapist, MS, CCST, HE, LMT
Highly sensitive people often experience the world with remarkable depth while also becoming more vulnerable to emotional overwhelm. Therapy helps you understand your sensitivity, strengthen regulation, and transform sensitivity into one of your greatest strengths.
I specialize in helping thoughtful, sensitive adults whose symptoms don't fit neatly into one category. Anxiety, chronic inflammation, complex trauma, nervous system dysregulation, relationship patterns, burnout, and feeling disconnected from yourself often share deeper physiological and early developmental roots.
Sensitivity is not a weakness to overcome. When understood and supported, it can become a source of insight, creativity, compassion, and resilience. Together we'll help you thrive without feeling overwhelmed by the world around you.
31 Years Experience
Online in Branford, CT
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Dr. Colby Cohen-Archer
Psychologist, PhD
Do you turn down lights, pick clothes by how they feel, have trouble staying places with strong smells, or wish you could turn down the volume everywhere you go? Does it seem like you feel every emotion more quickly and intensely than others? Do you know what others around you are feeling before they even seem to know themselves? It is exhausting to feel like every sensation and every emotion is raw and open, and can make navigating relationships and boundaries challenging. With understanding and compassion we can work together to help you understand your sensitivity, manage overwhelm, and build confidence while honoring your unique strengths and needs.
28 Years Experience
Online in Branford, CT
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Dr. Elizabeth Coldren
Psychologist, PSYD, PSYPACT
I work with people who feel and notice a lot. You might be deeply affected by others’ moods, small changes in tone, or the energy of a room. Loud noises, bright lights, busy schedules, or conflict may feel more overwhelming to you than to those around you. Many highly sensitive people grow up feeling “too much” or “too sensitive.”
As adults, this can look like needing more time to recover from social interactions or workdays; feeling easily overstimulated, wired, or shut down; taking on others’ feelings and struggling to find your own center; and being very conscientious, but also prone to burnout or self‑criticism.
Highly sensitive children and teens are often described as intense, dramatic, shy, or “overreactive.” They may have big feelings, strong empathy, vivid inner worlds, or a very thoughtful, observant way of moving through life. In environments that do not understand them, they can become anxious, withdrawn, perfectionistic, or reactive.
In our work together, we explore how your sensitivity shows up in your nervous system, relationships, and daily life. We look at what overwhelms you and what nourishes you so that sensitivity can become less of a constant struggle and more of a source of information, depth, and connection. When I work with children and teens, I also support parents in understanding their child’s sensitivity and responding in ways that feel more workable for everyone. Working with highly sensitive people is central to my practice, and I understand how much strength it takes to move through the world this way.
26 Years Experience
Online in Branford, CT
Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Branford, CT Statistics
Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Branford, CT average 19 years of experience and charge around $241 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Psychodynamic Therapy (42%), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (38%), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (38%).
Average years in practice
19 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$241
Accept insurance
29%
Offer sliding scale
33%
Gender ID
| 69% |
Female |
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| 31% |
Male |
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Session Type
| 50% |
In Person and Online |
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| 50% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 42% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 38% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 38% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 38% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 38% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 38% | Somatic Therapy |
| 33% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 63% | Young Adult |
| 58% | Senior |
| 38% | Teen |
| 17% | Children |
Client Focus
| 54% | Women |
| 50% | LGBTQ+ |
| 33% | Military / Veterans |
| 33% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 29% | Buddhist |