Denver HSP Therapy
Living with high sensitivity can leave you or a child feeling constantly overwhelmed, deeply exhausted, or misunderstood by a noisy world.
Your child may be prone to intense meltdowns, easily drained by busy environments, or struggling under the weight of deep emotional reactions and anxiety.
Through highly sensitive person (HSP) therapy, we help sensitive children and adults feel grounded, process big emotions, and transform high sensitivity into a lifelong strength that you or your child feel proud of.
Meet Our Denver HSP Therapists
Kate Schramm
Good fit for highly sensitive children (ages 2–10) and their parents navigating big emotions, sensory overload, anxiety, or life transitions.
I utilize a gentle, developmentally attuned approach that honors the deep emotional depth and heightened sensory processing typical of highly sensitive children.
Integrating child centered and synergetic play therapy, I create a safe, low pressure environment where young clients can regulate their nervous systems and process intense feelings through their natural language of play.
My strong focus on the caregiver child relationship empowers parents with practical insights to help their sensitive child feel deeply understood, safe, and supported at home.
Elana Cohen
Good fit for highly sensitive children, teens, adults, and families seeking practical tools to manage sensory overwhelm, deep emotions, and relational stress.
I draw on over a decade of holistic, trauma informed experience to help highly sensitive children, teens, and adults build emotional resilience and regulate their overstimulated nervous systems.
Combining experiential therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and positive psychology allows us to turn emotional depth into a source of personal strength rather than a source of daily overwhelm.
Grounded in a practical, strengths based approach, I empower both individuals and families to navigate big emotions, set healthy boundaries, and thrive in an environment that often feels too loud.
Alena Brocker
Good fit for highly sensitive children and caregivers looking for a creative, playful, and nervous system centered approach to emotional regulation and big feelings.
I utilize non-directive and Synergetic Play Therapy to meet highly sensitive children right where they are, offering a safe and deeply attuned space to process big emotions.
Integrating creative arts, mindfulness, and nervous system informed care allows me to help sensitive young minds build inner resilience without feeling rushed or misunderstood.
With a warm, collaborative support, I guide both children and their caregivers to honor their natural emotional depth, soothe sensory overload, and navigate daily life with authentic confidence.
Victoria Mancinelli
Good fit for highly sensitive, neurodivergent youth and their parents seeking a relatable, somatic informed approach to managing emotional intensity and sensory stress.
I leverage both clinical expertise and lived parenting experience to meet neurodivergent and highly sensitive youth right where they are with complete authenticity.
Blending somatic practices, trauma focused CBT, and dialectical behavioral techniques allows us to soothe physical sensory overload while building practical emotional regulation tools.
Through a relational, trauma informed lens, I help sensitive young people celebrate their unique perspective while guiding parents toward compassionate strategies that support harmony at home.
Madeline Hulbert
Good fit for highly sensitive children and supportive parents seeking a gentle, play infused approach to navigate emotional dysregulation, sensory overload, and behavioral challenges.
My practice centers on a kind, play based approach that invites highly sensitive children to feel entirely safe expressing their big emotions and authentic selves.
Drawing from attachment theory, CBT, and mindfulness, we can effectively calm their easily overwhelmed nervous systems while building tangible skills for emotional regulation.
Working hand in hand with parents allows us to translate these breakthroughs into the home, transforming daily sensory stress into deep family connection.
Shelly Murphy
Good fit for highly sensitive kids, teens, and parents looking to understand their nervous systems, handle deep emotions, and build a calmer family dynamic.
Attunement and relational warmth form the core of my practice, where I reframe high sensitivity from a source of daily exhaustion into a celebrated personal strength.
Integrating human development insights with evidence based mental health care helps sensitive kids and teens learn how their nervous systems process stress so they can navigate intense feelings with ease.
Partnering with parents through a steady, attachment focused lens ensures your whole home becomes a peaceful sanctuary that supports your child's emotional depth.
Lauren Whiteside
Good fit for highly sensitive, gifted, or neurodiverse youth and their parents seeking an artistic, child led approach to master emotional regulation and sensory overload.
Open ended play, art, and bodily reflection guide my work with highly sensitive children and teens, creating a creative haven where big feelings and overstimulation are met with true curiosity.
Rooted in my background in Reggio Emilia early education and social work, I treat sensitive young people as inherently capable while helping them decode how their surroundings impact their nervous systems.
Supporting the entire family unit alongside the child ensures parents receive the exact tools and compassion needed to mirror that sense of safety at home.
Gabrielle Price
Good fit for highly sensitive, neurodivergent youth (early childhood to young adulthood) and their families seeking an expressive, body based space to navigate sensory overload, intense emotions, and social stress.
Art, movement, and expressive play drive my sessions, offering highly sensitive youth an inviting channel to process deep emotions and sensory stress far beyond what traditional talk therapy allows.
Grounded in neuro affirming and trauma informed practices like Synergetic Play Therapy, ACT, and DBT, I help sensitive and neurodivergent minds embrace their unique perception while building practical, everyday coping tools.
Partnering closely with parents through actionable psychoeducation ensures this creative growth seamlessly translates into a calmer, more connected household.
What sets our practice apart from other Denver highly sensitive person (HSP) therapy providers
We treat high sensitivity as a superpower, not a symptom. At Rooted Rhythm, being deeply feeling or easily overstimulated isn't something to fix. We help sensitive children, teens, and adults understand their nervous systems, embrace their emotional depth, and transform sensitivity into their greatest strength.
A structured, goal focused 12 week framework. Unlike open ended therapy that can leave families wondering about progress, our core program for children follows a clear 3 month model designed to build lasting regulation, confidence, and resilience. Learn more about our TUNED IN® program for kids or our TUNED IN® program for teens.
Parents are built into every single session. Lasting change happens when the whole family grows together. Every child therapy session dedicates time specifically to updating and coaching parents, ensuring you feel empowered to support your sensitive child at home.
Support that continues between sessions. Every family receives lifetime access to the TUNED IN Institute®, our exclusive education portal featuring online parenting courses, digital tools, the TUNED IN® book series, and Remi™, our personal AI learning concierge.
Specialized, sensory informed modalities. Our Denver therapists integrate synergetic play therapy, child centered play therapy, somatic practices, and neuro-affirming care to address sensory overload and big feelings at the body level. We go far beyond basic talk therapy.
Support for the whole family system. Beyond play therapy for children (ages 2–12), we provide specialized care for sensitive teens, women navigating burnout, and parent coaching, alongside psychoeducational and ADHD assessments.
Tailored, high touch clinician matching. We take care to match you or your child with a therapist whose specific expertise, personality, and approach align perfectly with your family's unique needs.
Why Waiting to Start HSP Therapy Keeps You or Your Child Stuck
When you or your child live with high sensitivity, it’s easy to hope that big meltdowns, deep anxiety, or daily overstimulation are "just a phase" or something you can manage or “overcome.”
However, an unaddressed sensitive nervous system rarely settles down on its own without the right tools, daily life in a noisy world often becomes more exhausting.Your teen has started pulling away, and conversations now end in one-word answers, silence, or slammed doors.
The Nervous System Stays Locked in Overdrive
High sensitivity means your brain processes sensory input and emotions deeply. Left unmanaged, daily stimuli from school and social dynamics to routine changes. This keeps the nervous system stuck in a continuous "fight, flight, or freeze" response, making minor stressors feel major.Emotional Meltdowns and Shutdowns Become the Norm
Without targeted regulation strategies, sensitive children often externalize their overstimulation through intense behavioral outbursts or complete withdrawal. For adults, this chronic emotional fatigue usually manifests as irritability, deep burnout, and social exhaustion.Negative Self-Talk and Shame Take Root
When highly sensitive individuals aren't taught how their nervous system works, they often internalize the message that they are "too dramatic," "too weak," or "broken." Waiting to address these feelings allows shame to build, damaging self esteem and confidence over time.Parenting Stress Drains the Whole Household
For parents of HSP kids, walking on eggshells around unpredictable emotional reactions makes it difficult for parents to stay regulated and feel confident in their parenting. Postponing professional support keeps your family caught in reactionary cycles instead of building a peaceful, predictable routine.Sensory Avoidance Limits Your World
To cope with feeling constantly overwhelmed, sensitive kids and adults naturally start avoiding new environments, social activities, or daily challenges. While avoidance brings short term relief, it ultimately isolates and reinforces fear.
What to expect from the therapy process
1. Start with a free consultation
Begin with a no pressure, 15-minute call where you’ll share what has been happening for your teen and your family, and our intake team will thoughtfully match you with the therapist who feels like the best fit.
2. Build safety and trust
Early sessions focus on helping you or your child feel respected, understood, and comfortable enough to open up at their own pace. Together, we’ll also identify meaningful goals with your input as a parent.
3. Grow together as a family or individually
As therapy continues, you or your child builds emotional awareness, regulation skills, and a stronger sense of self. You’ll receive support along the way so progress can take root beyond the therapy room.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Good therapy isn't just about talking. It gives you concrete, nervous system informed tools to manage overwhelm and regulate big emotions. If you feel stuck, exhausted, or consistently drained by your reactions or environment, having a tailored plan with professional support makes a noticeable difference. Life can feel easier with the right support.
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You don't need to have everything figured out before your first session, and you'll never be forced to share more than you're comfortable with. We honor each person's natural pace using low-pressure, creative approaches like play, art, and gentle conversation to build trust safely over time.
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Unmanaged stress and daily meltdowns actually cost far more time, energy, and emotional bandwidth in the long run. Committing to a short weekly session gives you practical strategies that quiet the daily chaos, ultimately saving you time and restoring peace at home.