Training | Highly Sensitive (Live-Online)

Price

The price listed applies for non-member. An additional pricing option is available for this training at $800 for GISC Members.

*Early Bird Pricing: Save 10% when you register by September 19th. Use code GISC10 at checkout.
Tuition includes one individual 1-hour coaching session with faculty and an optional 15-minute pre-program connection call with faculty

*Massachusetts organizations and employees: up to $750 tuition reimbursement is available for organizations with fewer than 50 employees and up to $375 tuition reimbursement is available for organizations with 51-100 employees.

For further information, please visit Gestalt International Study Center website.

Program Dates

October 21
October 28
November 4
November 11
December 2*
December 9

*Please note, there will be no class on November 18 or 25, these are integration weeks

Program Meets

Tuesdays, 12:00PM - 2:00PM
Eastern Time

For participants outside the U.S., please note that Eastern Time will shift back one hour on November 2 due to the end of Daylight Saving Time. This may change the time difference between your local time and the program schedule.

Format

Weekly live-online class and one individual 1-hour coaching session with faculty

Highly sensitive people make up 20% of the population, and are born with a trait of a more finely attuned nervous system. They may have multiple sensory sensitivities, experience emotions and energy very deeply, and have a heightened depth and speed in processing information and in how they experience and take in the world.

CE Hours

13 CE Hours

Faculty

Melanie Nevis, MA, LCAT, ACC
Diane Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC

High sensitivity brings many wonderful strengths and can also lead to overwhelm, overstimulation, anxiety and other challenges. Many children and adults who are highly sensitive have spent their lifetimes feeling “different," alone or misunderstood. Understanding and embracing this trait is profoundly healing for our clients, our children, and ourselves. This program will explore practical strategies for navigating both the challenges and gifts of high sensitivity.

Do You or Your Clients or Children:

• Become easily overstimulated and need alone time to replenish from overload?
• Have a rich and creative inner life, feeling emotions intensely, and processing thoughts, observations, and experiences at a deeper level than most people?
• Have some degree of increased sensitivities to light, smell, taste, touch, temperature and sound, chemicals?
• Absorb the emotions or tension of those around you and get overwhelmed, anxious or experience somatic symptoms?
• Feel strong empathy and readily sense the energy, emotions and needs of others?

These are just some of the possible attributes of high sensitivity.
The program includes six weeks of live-online group classes, one 60-minute individual Zoom video coaching session tailored to the needs and specific interests of each participant, an optional 15-minute pre-program connection call to meet with faculty, as well as written and recorded materials.

Benefits

In a supportive environment, you will:
• Understand the definition of highly sensitive and why it is a trait and not a disorder
• Learn about the recent research in high sensitivity including differences in how the brain and nervous system process information, and experience sensation and emotions
• Explore and learn to embrace the wonderful gifts of high sensitivity, and how to more fully bring them into your or your clients' lives
• Understand the challenges and stresses for people with high sensitivity and experience practical methods for addressing them
• Learn and practice the important and unique self care for highly sensitive people
• Explore the profound therapeutic healing effect of understanding and working consciously with high sensitivity
• Receive guidance and resources for applying this in your practice or for your personal healing and growth

Participants

This program is beneficial for :
Therapists, coaches, educators and other practitioners who work with highly sensitive people. (Some estimates indicate that up to 50% of clients who to come to therapy are highly sensitive). Understanding and normalizing this trait with clients can bring powerful therapeutic benefits.

Individuals who want to explore if they are highly sensitive, or already identify as such, and yearn for a deeper understanding and self acceptance of how to embrace and work with both their gifts and challenges.

Individuals who are in relationships with highly sensitive people and would like to better understand their partner and improve their relationship.

Parents of highly sensitive children who are seeking to better understand and support their children. Research shows that how are you understand, accept, embrace and normalize your child’ sensitivity and help them to do the same, has a tremendous effect on their success, confidence and well being.

Live Online

Participants will receive an orientation packet including all connection information upon registration. Classes will be recorded and provided to any participant who cannot attend all sessions live.

Continuing Education

All participants will receive a certificate of completion. Coaches: program hours can be used for ICF Resource Development Hours.

Unit

Unit may be available for this training and may vary by country or institution. Please verify eligibility with Gestalt International Study Center.