Psychotherapy and the highly sensitive person : improving outcomes for that minority of people who are the majority of clients / Elaine N. Aron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aron, Elaine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy.

Sensitivity (Personality trait).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dr. Elaine Aron's newest book, Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person, redefines the term "highly sensitive" for the professional researcher and practitioner. She dispels common misconceptions about the relationship between sensitivity and other personality traits, such as introversion and shyness, and further defines the trait for the benefit of both the clinician and patient. Readers will learn to assess for the trait, distinguish it from clinical diagnoses such as panic disorder or avoidant personality disorder, understand how sensitivity may change the p

Contents:

Highly sensitive patients : who they are, who they aren't, and why it matters

Assessing for high sensitivity issues arising from innate sensitivity : being easily over aroused and stronger emotional reactions

Common problems : low self-esteem, the wrong life style, and over reactions to criticism

Adapting treatment to the highly sensitive patient

Helping them establish relationships : meeting others, shyness, and fears of commitment

Helping long-term relationships : working with conflicts, degree of temperament similarity, and sensitive sexuality

The sensitive person in the work place

Personality variations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-96755-5

1-135-96756-3

1-283-04555-9

9786613045553

0-203-87908-2

9780203879085

OCLC:

707067616