Emotional Sensitivity and Intensity: How to manage intense emotions as a highly sensitive person - learn more about yourself wit

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Do you see, feel, notice and remember more than others? Do people describe you as emotionally intense or oversensitive? Do your emotions soar high and plunge so quickly that you feel you can't keep up? This book is for you. Learn how to cope with intense feelings, and discover how to use your sensitivity, empathy and intelligence to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. UNDERSTAND EMOTIONAL SENSITIVITY AND INTENSITY will give you in-depth information about this trait, as well as practical exercises and strategies to help with your daily struggles. It will help you come to new ways of thinking about your past, thrive in your current life, and create exciting possibilities for the future. Written in a friendly and compassionate tone, the chapters will answer questions raised by many emotionally intense individuals: Is there something wrong with me? How does this trait explain my life experiences so far? What can I do right now to better my life and to fulfil my potential? You will learn to: - Understand what it means to live with emotional sensitivity and intense feelings - Debunk the myths and stereotypes about this trait - Let go of old emotional baggage and limiting mindsets - Develop real resilience and find peace within life's ups and downs - Navigate challenging social and family situations - Build healthy and fulfilling intimate relationships - Find your unique calling and liberate your creative potential

Imi Lo is an award- winning mental health professional with extensive and international experience. She started her career as a mental health Social Worker, and later qualified as a Clinical Psychotherapist, Art Therapist, and a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher. She has lived and worked in the UK, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Australia, and is an awardee of the Australian Government's International Endeavour Awards for academic and clinical excellence. She has worked in the NHS and charity setting, with more than 10 years of experience. She specialises in working with people with personality disorders, the LGBT population, highly sensitive and gifted individuals. She is a Faculty member of an UK Council for Psychotherapy accrediting institute and delivers lectures and workshops regularly for trainee therapists seeking accreditation, as well as supervising therapists as a clinical supervisor and mentor. Imi is the founder of Eggshell Therapy- A practice that is dedicated to serving emotionally intense people. Though it is based in London, her work has attracted interest and clients from all around the UK and the world. Imi wrote the introduction of the 'Art for Mindfulness' series for Harper Collins.

Powerful and practical; if you have ever felt that you feel too much, this book will change your life. -- Pamela Gawler-Wright, Director, BeeLeaf Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy