Highly Sensitive Person therapists in New Bedford, MA
Browse Highly Sensitive Person therapists in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
HSP
Robin Okun
Therapist, LICSW
For the highly sensitive person, the world can often feel overwhelming. I provide a safe, specialized space where your unique sensory and emotional experiences are witnessed and truly valued. Together, we will develop the practical tools and strategies needed to navigate your environment with greater ease—moving beyond overstimulation and transforming your sensitivity into your most profound superpower.
37 Years Experience
Online in New Bedford, MA (Online Only)
HSP
Shannon Stern, LPC-S, LMHC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S, LMHC
A Highly Sensitive Person is someone who feels deeply. If you consider yourself a HSP, you may experience emotions on a deep level, have heightened sensitivity to certain sights, sounds, smells, and textures. This can also mean you feel things deeply in relationships with others, and are often influenced by the emotions of others. Therapy can be helpful in learning more about this superpower, without it overwhelming you.
11 Years Experience
Online in New Bedford, MA
HSP
Christopher McDowell, PsyD
Psychologist, PsyD
I often treat highly sensitive individuals. This treatment process includes learning how to manage these daily feelings, but also learning about how high sensitivity can be utilized as a positive tool in daily life.
14 Years Experience
Online in New Bedford, MA
HSP
Dr. Michelle Solomon
Psychologist, PsyD
Together we explore how your sensitivity can leave you feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood and drained, and also explore how sensitivity can be a strength. Together, we will build boundaries and strategies to help you thrive. My approach is validating, thoughtful, and tailored to support your emotional depth.
9 Years Experience
Online in New Bedford, MA (Online Only)
HSP
Abelee Groff
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LICSW
I work with adults who identify as highly sensitive, helping them understand and navigate the intensity of their emotions, sensory experiences, and interpersonal interactions. I view sensitivity as a strength that can be supported and regulated, rather than a flaw, and I help clients develop strategies to honor their needs while managing overwhelm.
I integrate trauma-informed, somatic, and parts-based approaches to help clients regulate their nervous system, build resilience, and cultivate self-compassion. Together, we explore boundaries, coping strategies, and relational patterns to support well-being, emotional balance, and a deeper connection to themselves and others.
5 Years Experience
Online in New Bedford, MA (Online Only)
New Bedford is a southeastern Massachusetts city with one of the most distinctive identities of any American city of its size—Herman Melville's Moby-Dick opens here, and the city was once the richest per capita in America thanks to its whaling industry—now home to the highest-volume commercial fishing port in the United States by dollar value, with an economy still anchored by fishing, manufacturing, and logistics. The city has a large Cape Verdean-American community (one of the largest in the world outside Cape Verde), as well as significant Portuguese and Brazilian populations, and the intersection of these communities' mental health needs—including the specific experiences of Cape Verdean identity, immigration, and intergenerational stress—creates important considerations for culturally competent care. Southcoast Health provides behavioral health services, and community health organizations serve the diverse population. Common therapy concerns include fishing industry occupational trauma and risk, Cape Verdean and Portuguese-American identity and immigration stress, economic anxiety, substance use (New Bedford has been significantly affected by opioids), and the mental health challenges of a proud working-class city navigating industrial and demographic change.
Highly Sensitive Person therapists in New Bedford, MA Statistics
Highly Sensitive Person therapists in New Bedford, MA average 10 years of experience and charge around $252 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Somatic Therapy (44%), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (39%), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) (39%).
Average years in practice
10 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$252
Accept insurance
17%
Offer sliding scale
39%
Gender ID
| 68% |
Female |
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| 32% |
Male |
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Session Type
| 67% |
Online Only |
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| 33% |
In Person and Online |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 44% | Somatic Therapy |
| 39% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 39% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
| 33% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 33% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 33% | Hypnotherapy |
| 33% | Relational Psychotherapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 78% | Young Adult |
| 56% | Senior |
| 33% | Teen |
| 28% | Children |
Client Focus
| 61% | Women |
| 44% | Christian |
| 44% | Jewish |
| 44% | LGBTQ+ |
| 44% | Men |