Description: Highly sensitive people (HSP) in their teens struggle mightily with their own amplified feelings, as well as being perceived as "different" from their peers. In The Highly Sensitive Teen, an expert with more than thirty years' experience working with adolescents teaches teens essential skills to cope with high sensitivity, interact well with others, set healthy boundaries, and embrace their hidden powers so they can achieve their goals and thrive.
Brief description: Lea Noring, PhD, is an Atlanta, GA-based licensed marriage and family therapist, and holds a PhD in marriage and family therapy from Northcentral University. She provides psychotherapy for families, adolescents, and adults--specializing in neurodivergence, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), issues related to highly sensitive people (HSPs), and relationship issues. She has also worked as a teacher, school administrator, ADHD coach, and special education advocate.
Review Quotes: "A highly sensitive person is an individual who feels, thinks, and reacts more strongly compared to their peers, and for highly sensitive teens, navigating life and particularly high school can be especially overwhelming. Licensed therapist Noring structures this volume to help readers understand the outward and inward signs of being highly sensitive, the neurons and chemical state of the brain that affect sensitivity, the many different presentations of sensory-processing sensitivity, and how this sensitivity can impact relationships. Practical tips on how to discuss this type of sensitivity with teachers, friends, and family is nicely complemented by advice on strategies to improve emotional and mental health, often with the help of cognitive behavioral therapy. The book includes a quiz, a list of affirmations, and information about organizations that
can help readers acknowledge and manage their heightened sensitivity, as well as a helpful section differentiating between heightened sensitivity and diagnosable disorders, such as ADHD and ASD. First-person accounts from teens about their own experiences with sensory-processing sensitivity help make the advice relatable.
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