Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) Therapy Worksheets

• Therapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers and coaches
• Built for in-person and telehealth sessions

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37 Page PDF Digital Download

Our Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) therapy worksheets are designed to support therapists and counsellors working with individuals who experience heightened emotional, sensory, and environmental sensitivity.

This comprehensive bundle takes a normalising and strengths-based approach, recognising high sensitivity as a common personality trait rather than a disorder. It supports clients to better understand their nervous system, sensory processing patterns, emotional experiences, and energy limits, while developing practical strategies for regulation, boundaries, and sustainable wellbeing.

All information, psychoeducation, and activities included in this resource are designed to be validating, practical, and easy to integrate into therapy sessions and between-session work.

What do our HSP therapy worksheets cover

This 37-page bundle includes in-depth psychoeducation, reflection tools, and practical worksheets to help clients:

• Understand what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
• Learn common traits and signs of high sensitivity
• Normalise high sensitivity as a personality trait rather than a mental health condition
• Understand sensory processing and how the brain interprets sensory input
• Learn about the seven senses, including vestibular and proprioceptive systems
• Identify sensory processing difficulties and how they show up in daily life
• Explore sensory seeking vs sensory avoidant patterns
• Understand sensory overload, common triggers, and early warning signs
• Identify individual risk factors for sensory overload (e.g. HSP, ADHD, autism, anxiety, trauma)
• Learn practical strategies for managing and recovering from sensory overload
• Use sensory soothing wheels to identify calming strategies across all senses
• Improve interoception (noticing internal bodily and emotional signals)
• Identify bodily cues linked to hunger, fatigue, emotions, pain, and distress
• Practise body mapping to connect emotions with physical sensations
• Build emotional awareness using emotion wheels and labelling tools
• Learn how to sit with emotions safely and non-judgementally
• Practise emotional processing, expansion, and mindfulness-based strategies
• Develop self-compassion skills for managing overwhelm and distress
• Use calm place meditations and grounding exercises
• Understand what meltdowns are and how they differ from tantrums
• Explore meltdowns specifically in highly sensitive individuals
• Learn strategies for managing meltdowns with validation and calm
• Understand and practise co-regulation
• Use distress scales and safety planning tools
• Learn about masking, why it happens, and its emotional cost
• Explore the impact of masking on identity, exhaustion, and well-being
• Learn strategies to manage masking-related fatigue
• Understand and apply the Spoon Theory for energy management
• Identify and reduce participation in the boom and bust cycle
• Practise pacing using energy mapping and traffic light systems
• Build personalised plans for rest, regulation, and sustainable functioning

Who are our HSP therapy worksheets for

Designed by a registered psychologist, this resource is ideal for psychologists, counsellors, therapists, and allied health professionals supporting highly sensitive clients, including those who may also be neurodivergent, living with chronic fatigue, anxiety, trauma, or sensory processing differences.

Suitable for use with adolescents and adults, this bundle is appropriate for individual therapy, group programs, psychoeducation sessions, and community or educational settings.

The worksheets are particularly helpful for clinicians using neuroaffirming, trauma-informed, sensory-aware, and strengths-based approaches.

What you can expect from our therapy tools:

• Structured exercises designed to support skill-building
• Based on established, evidence-informed therapy modalities
• High-quality resources with responsive support
• Practical, engaging, and easy-to-use designs
• Inclusive and relevant content for diverse clients

Further information on My Thriving Mind:

This is a digital product, available for instant download after purchase. The files are delivered in PDF format, optimised for both printing and to be online fillable.

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