Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World

Ilse Sand is a theology graduate from the University of Aarhus, where she wrote her Master's thesis on C.G. Jung and Søren Kierkegaard. She is also trained in several psychotherapeutic approaches and is registered with the Association for Psychotherapy in Denmark. After being employed for several years as a parish priest for the Danish National Church she now works as a supervisor, trainer, speaker and therapist. See more at www.highlysensitive-hsp.com Translated from the Danish by Elisabeth Svanholmer. Elisabeth is originally from Denmark and has been living in the UK since 2013. Her background is in Dance and Arts, but she has been working as a mental health trainer since 2006 and is particularly passionate about recovery and holistic approaches to mental health. She contacted Ilse and offered to help translate the book and now looks forward to sharing it with an English speaking audience.

Preface. Introduction. 1. The characteristics of being highly sensitive. 2. High standards and low self-esteem. 3. How to organise your life according to your type. 4. How to benefit from you aptitude for relating to others and being present. 5. To face anger; your own and other's. 6. Guilt and shame. 7. Situations in life. 8. Mental health problems. 9. Developing and growing. 10. Researching the highly sensitive trait. 11. Epilogue - A gift for the highly sensitive. 12. List of ideas. 13. Test yourself - how sensitive are you?. 14. Literature. Acknowledgements.