Elaine Aron
Elaine Aron graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of
California, Berkeley. She earned her M.A. at York University in Toronto
and her Ph.D. at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, as well
as receiving training at the Jung Institute in San Francisco. Dr. Elaine Aron is author of the books:
The
Highly Sensitive Person
The
Highly Sensitive Person's Workbook
The
Highly Sensitive Person in Love
The
Highly Sensitive Child
Articles by this Author
Growing Up Gifted Is Not Easy
- By Elaine Aron
- Published 02/7/2012
- High Ability - gifted/talented , Gifted children and teens
The
parents of gifted children are often raising those kids well, but I
have had too many sensitive patients who were gifted but too distressed
to ever show their talents because their parents and teachers had no
idea about how to meet the special needs of an HSC [highly sensitive child]. // Women who identify with the Great Mother, or are identified by others with Aphrodite (e.g. Marilyn Monroe), for example, or men who identify with the Hero (JFK, Martin Luther King Jr.)
will sooner or later try to do things or be expected to do things
beyond human capabilities, or be scapegoated for failing, or martyred in
some way.
Sensitive Men and Testosterone
- By Elaine Aron
- Published 05/15/2008
- High sensitivity
Then a man brought up his own experience of "male menopause," and how depressed, fatigued, and ill at ease he had become in the last year--something unfamiliar in himself. He saw a doctor wise enough to check his testosterone level, which was low. Taking additional testosterone, beyond what he was producing in his own body, made him feel tremendously better.
Video: Elaine N. Aron on the trait of high sensitivity
- By Elaine Aron
- Published 05/15/2008
- High sensitivity
The author of The Highly Sensitive Person, Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D., summarizes the trait of high sensitivity.
The Highly Sensitive Person
- By Elaine Aron
- Published 10/6/2007
- Books
Author Elaine Aron: "If you find you are a highly sensitive person, or your child is, then you need to be aware of the following points: This trait is normal--it is inherited by 15 to 20% of the population, and indeed the same percentage seems to be present in all higher animals. Being an HSP means your nervous system is more sensitive to subtleties. Your sight, hearing, and sense of smell are not necessarily keener (although they may be). But your brain processes information and reflects on it more deeply.
