DBT Skills for Highly Sensitive People

“Emma Lauer hit a home run with her concept for DBT Skills for Highly Sensitive People. As an eating disorder specialist and trauma specialist for the past twenty years, I have seen all too many clients get ‘over diagnosed’ due to symptoms of trauma and a highly sensitive temperament. Emma’s book offers a comprehensive ‘how to’ for these sensitive individuals to learn to emotionally regulate, practice self-care, and to reframe their sensitive nature as a strength versus a weakness or something that needs to be toned down to make others comfortable. Every therapist needs this on their bookshelf!”
—Dawn Delgado, LMFT, CEDS-S, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)-certified therapist, founder of EMDR Collective, certified eating disorder specialist with IAEDP, and EMDR-certified trauma specialist with EMDRIA ~Dawn Delgado, LMFT, CEDS-S

“DBT Skills for Highly Sensitive People by Emma Lauer is a game-changing book that is tailored toward those who identify as highly sensitive, and explains how you can apply dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) concepts toward that temperament! This book will help so many people and is a much-needed topic in the therapy space!”
—Jennifer Rollin, MSW, LCSW-C, founder of The Eating Disorder Center, and coauthor of The Inside Scoop on Eating Disorder Recovery ~Jennifer Rollin, MSW, LCSW-C

“This book provides the highly sensitive person (HSP) the tools they need to access their inner GPS, and use their emotions and thoughts to help them navigate through life. Emma Lauer shows how emotional sensitivity, with its accompanying empathy and compassion, can become a gift they have been given—and a gift they bring to the world.”
—Anita Johnston, PhD, author of Eating in the Light of the Moon, executive clinical director of Ai Pono Eating Disorder Programs, and founder of Light of the Moon Cafe ~Anita Johnston, PhD

“DBT Skills for Highly Sensitive People is more than a self-help book; it feels like a hug. In a society where emotional sensitivity is considered a weakness, Emma offers a refreshing reframe. She invites us to see our sensitivity as a superpower, while offering practical tools for better regulating our emotions. If you have ever felt at odds with your emotions, don’t skip this one. It will transform your life.”
—Jaime Castillo, LCSW, therapist, founder of @findyourshinetherapy, EMDRIA-approved consultant, and author of What Happened to Make You Anxious? ~Jaime Castillo, LCSW

“DBT Skills For Highly Sensitive People is an excellent resource for anyone who has ever felt like they’re just too sensitive, too emotional, and too much. Lauer includes many easy-to-use tools that you can begin implementing today. If you’re looking for a book that will help you lean into your sensitive nature and use it for good, this is it.”
—Whitney Goodman, licensed marriage and family therapist, and author of Toxic Positivity ~Whitney Goodman