If you think you might be sensitive, at least a little more than the average person you know, it’s worth an exploration. Knowing you are highly sensitive opens up a whole new world and worldwide community of peers. Plus there is a lot of information out there to help HSPs design the life of their dreams, stop suffering, and find self acceptance, self confidence, and most importantly, self-compassion. 

Here’s the thing: There have been a ton of questionnaires put out in the public domain that claim they can tell you if you have the trait of highly sensitive people. Most of them cannot actually do this. Plus, the true assessments have recently been improved, and now is a great time to look into the options and to be well-informed.

For a psychological assessment to be useful and accurate requires it be tested and researched (using valid scientific method) on thousands of people. If not, we have NO IDEA whether or not it is valid. There are, in fact, only FOUR valid assessments for sensitivity in terms of the temperament trait, Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS). SPS is the scientific name for the innate trait of highly sensitive people. 

We will discuss and discover the four valid assessments in this webinar, consider the invalid questionnaires and explore the harm they are doing to HSPs everywhere, and best of all… learn hacks to help atypical HSPs (and their loved ones) finally figure out if they actually have the trait or not.

This webinar will be for ALL people. However, those who might benefit or enjoy this webinar most are: 

• You feel sensitive.
• Helping, medical, or educational professionals who are in a position to change lives if you know this information!
• You if you have been called sensitive, reactive, TOO emotional, or HSP.
• You are questioning whether or not you might be highly sensitive.
• You if you feel confused about trauma, ADHD, or other brain changing diagnoses or experiences (or you work with folks like this.)
• You are a caregiver, parent, or teacher who encounters and helps people in your care (since a large number of them are likely highly sensitive.)
• You have taken any high sensitivity questionnaire in the past and wondered what it meant. 
• You really think you are highly sensitive, but previous questionnaires, even on hsperson.com (Elaine Aron’s website) didn’t score you as HSP.
• You are wondering about a child or youth who is outside the norm and you would like to figure out if they are highly sensitive. (There are a few valid research based questionnaires developed for assessing children.)
• You are a teen or young adult and would really like to figure out what’s up with your brain because you know you are different from a lot of your peers.

It is not necessary to take an HSP self-test before coming, but if you have taken one in the past, you might like to revisit it and see what you remember about it. We will take at least two of the valid self-assessments together and then talk about scores and what they likely mean. This also includes a discussion of the limitations of the measures.

Maybe you don’t know me yet. I’m Alane Freund, and my love language is questions from HSPs and Parents. I’ve been a family therapist for well over three decades and have worked with Dr. Elaine Aron for 15 years. I am honored to have been personally trained and mentored by Elaine. Working together in many retreats and workshops has given me a deep appreciation for and understanding of her work. I am always open to questions. If you attend live, your questions will help create more meaningful content for everyone. 

Never. I never require people to have video on. As a highly sensitive person, I find the camera overstimulating. I am aware of me and aware of you, and it’s all exhausting. Some HSPs feel differently and love to be on video and feel like they are more involved in the community we create with camera on. Either way is fine. My video will be on because I will be leading the webinar, but don’t worry. I’ll take really good care of myself before, during, and after the webinar. 

We will be recording, so that means if you speak out (with mic and/or on camera) you will be in the recording, but we are happy to be sure your name is kept private if you prefer. Otherwise, for the more reserved or private of you out there: People often share in the chat and can ask questions that way too. The chat will be anonymous in the recording, so your privacy is very much protected and respected.

The good news is that this webinar is live on August 5th (1:00 pm Eastern Time) and also will be recorded and available in the future. Those who purchase a ticket will have access to the recording. However, we will also host the webinar again in the future. It will be the recording, and I will be there for LIVE Q&A and LIVE chat. It’s up to you. Once you have purchased the webinar, you may attend all future live events of this webinar without paying any more!