Licensed therapists and counselors who have completed a program with Elaine Aron on psychotherapy with HSPs.

This list is from Elaine Aron's website. She writes, "All in this list have attended a course on the subject or studied and passed a test on the information in her book The Highly Sensitive Person, her DVD for professionals, or Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person."

(Note: She adds that she does not know personally most of the people on this list.)

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• A 2013 lecture by Elaine Aron, in Wellington, New Zealand, on the highly sensitive person.

• Highly Sensitive People in the Workplace - from shame to fame. Article written by Janine Ramsey, founder of Sensitivity Style, a new model supported by scientific research that's designed to help people with differing levels of sensitivity live and work together more respectfully and successfully. Her article is a follow-up to our interview with Elaine Aron, who pioneered the concept of Highly Sensitive People (HSP).

• Alice Shannon is the one to turn to for help with HSCs. She's an expert on all facets of children's temperaments and will work by phone with parents from anywhere in the world. You can call her at 1-707-839-0444 or 1-707-822-1716, or email alieshannon at gmail.com

• Tribe is a beautiful publication dedicated to bringing together HSPs, displaying their creativity, and encouraging their collabortion and connection.

• Ted Zeff's web site based on his book The Highly Sensitive Person's Survival Guide with information for HSPs on coping strategies, a healing program for HSPs on CD and individual instruction. Also, help for sensitive boys and sensitive men.

• For complete information on upcoming HSP Gatherings, please visit Jacquelyn Strickland's website at http://www.lifeworkshelp.com/hspgathering.htm

• The American Psychological Association publishes many scientific journals/periodicals including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology which has carried articles written by Elaine Aron. http://www.apa.org/

• Broadway Books published The Highly Sensitive Person's Workbook and reprinted The Highly Sensitive Person in paperback. They are a division of Random House.
  http://www.broadwaybooks.com/

• A free, independently-run email discussion list for HSPs can be found at Yahoo groups. The purpose of the email list is to explore who we are as HSPs and to support each other. To subscribe, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/hspbook/

• A free, independently-run email discussion group for parents of Highly Sensitive Children (HSC) can be found at Yahoo groups. The purpose of this group is to explore what it is to be a sensitive parent of an HSC and to support one another as parents. To subscribe, go to:
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hscbook/

International and Foreign Language HSP Web Sites:

Spain: Association for HSPs: http://www.asociacionpas.org

Finland: Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/448479631845055/

Japan: http://homepage3.nifty.com/hspjapanese-k/index.html

Norway: http://www.hsperson.no

Sweden: http://www.högkänslig.se

Germany, Holland and Switzerland: http://www.susanmarlettahart.com

New Zealand/Australia: http://www.hspnetwork.com.au

Switzerland: www.hochsensibilitaet.ch

Denmark: http://www.hsp-foreningen.dk

Israel: http://anashimregishim.com/ and http://www.sensitive-life.co.il

Netherlands: http://www.hooggevoelig.nl/

Belgium: http://www.hspvlaanderen.be/

Spain: http://personasaltamentesensibles.com/

Therapist certification. Not exactly an event, but starting in the spring, therapists who either read Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person or watch the 5-hour DVD made at the course I gave for therapists on October 19, can (for a fee) take a test that will be at at www.hperson.com. When they pass it (with as many chances as they need), they can be listed on the website as trained in working with HSPs. This should eventually provide HSPs with a list of licensed therapists all over the country who are knowledgeable about our trait. Nice, huh? Start warming up your favorite therapist. In the meantime, read the article "Discussing your Trait with Therapists," listed above.