Vanessa Hannah Bright, L.Ac., L.P.

Working with Empaths and Highly Sensitive People (Amazon link, I am not an affiliate) is one of my specialties.  Such people often end up in the healing professions because of their natural gifts. They are often lightworkers and spiritual warriors.

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Empaths and HSP's often have qualities such as:

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• Being Introspective

• Deep thinkers and feelers

• Have a vivid imagination and rich dreams

• Deeply attuned to the needs and feelings of others

• An interest in the spiritual side of life, energy healing, tarot, astrology, mediumship, channeling, past lives, and the like

• A connection to nature and animals

• Overwhelmed by too much noise and other stimuli

• Preferring quiet, solitude

• Sometimes told they are "too sensitive" and "too emotional"

• Can be shy or have social anxiety

• Tend to be creative

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Frequent issues faced by such people are:

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• Past trauma in childhood and adulthood

• Tendency to overthink and over-analyze things

• Feeling misunderstood, not fitting in, being seen as weird or the "black sheep" of the family

• Anxiety in new situations

• Tendency to people-please by hiding one's true feelings and needs

• Difficulty discerning their own needs and setting boundaries

• Tendency to avoid people due to overwhelm

• Challenges in relationships

• Depression due to having felt unseen and misunderstood all of one's life

• Finding ways to numb out with TV, internet, alcohol, or recreational drugs

• Holding oneself back in life, fear of both failure and success

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If the above describes you, I hope that you know how much you are needed on this planet! In my experience, people like this tend to have tremendous gifts and capacities that will be of service to you and to others. 

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When I work with empaths, HSP's, lightworkers, healers, and spiritual warriors, I meet you where you are -- if you've done a lot of the work of healing your past, I can help you move forward in your spiritual practice and development. If you are new to the world of healing yourself, I will meet you there and guide you through to the point where you can proceed in your spiritual development in a healthy, authentic way.

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Being sensitive and attuned to the needs of others is an amazing gift that can be honed - and this requires processing the past traumas and getting to know your emotional history very well. Without this, it is difficult (if not impossible) to be able to discern your intuition from your past-based responses.

 

However, as you do this work and realize that your feelings have always been natural and needed space, you will feel an amazing opening in yourself. Processing this takes time and requires a deep, safe, empathic environment. This is why the kind of therapy I offer is an ideal fit for someone who is an empath or an HSP. I believe that the spiritual dimension is always present in this work, and one of my specialties is helping people like you develop in the direction of your individuated, Higher Self.

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