Trauma-Informed Counselling & Psychotherapy | Creative Supervision | Breathwork Coaching | HSP | Bereavement | Neurodiversity | Marsden, Huddersfield | Near Holmfirth, Saddleworth & Oldham | Online UK

Counselling for Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs)

Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) move through the world with a tender depth. This innate trait is present in around 15–20% of people, and is marked by rich inner lives, finely tuned nervous systems, and profound emotional and sensory awareness.

If you are an HSP, you may find yourself deeply affected by the energy of a room, the subtle cues in a conversation, or the shifting mood of the weather. You might feel overwhelmed by noise, crowds, conflict, or overstimulation. You may need longer to process things or recover from social interaction. You likely notice beauty others miss, and hold empathy that runs marrow-deep.

In a world that so often rewards speed, urgency, appearance, and endurance above all else, sensitivity can feel like a flaw. But it is not a failing -  it is a strength & a gift. It is a doorway to intuition, emotional wisdom, connection, and creative vitality.

Yet when sensitivity is shaped by trauma - whether through childhood wounds, developmental rupture, or relational neglect - the body and nervous system may learn to brace, shut down, or stay on high alert. The impact can be profound: anxiety, emotional overwhelm, fatigue, and disconnection from self or others.

Therapy for HSPs:

Gentle, Attuned Therapy for the Deeply Feeling

At Grounded Connection, I offer specialist counselling for Highly Sensitive Persons who are ready to explore healing in a way that honours their sensitivity as sacred - not something to fix but something to understand, reclaim, and root into.

My approach is:

  • Trauma-informed: supporting nervous system regulation and emotional resilience

  • Holistic and non-pathologising: integrating body, mind, heart, and spirit

  • Somatic, creative, and nature-based: drawing on breathwork, imagery, movement, and earth-based wisdom

Together, we slow down. We listen inward. We soften the edges of overwhelm. Through compassionate presence, we begin to make space for all that you are and all that you carry.

Whether you are seeking therapy for HSP anxiety, and trauma or simply longing for a deeper connection with your true self, this is a space where your sensitivity is not only safe - it is welcome. 

You do not need to harden to survive. You can learn to soften and still belong.

Welcome to Grounded Connection

Trauma-Informed Counselling, Psychotherapy & Breathwork Coaching | Specialising in Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) | Marsden, Huddersfield | Online UK

Perhaps you’ve arrived carrying a quiet longing, a tender ache, or a deep call to reconnect with yourself. Here, at Grounded Connection, I offer you a gentle space to come home to your inner world, your resilience, and your truth.

I’m Melissa Rose Spencer: Counsellor, Psychotherapist, Supervisor, and Breathwork Coach. From my private practice nestled on the edge of the Peak District in Marsden, Huddersfield, or online wherever you are.

I provide compassionate, trauma-informed care that honours the wisdom of the body, the imagination of the psyche, and the resilience of the heart.

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Therapy as a Tending: Healing for the Highly Sensitive

If you identify as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), you may experience the world with rich depth and intensity - both a gift and a challenge. At Grounded Connection, I specialise in supporting HSPs through trauma, anxiety, overwhelm, and life transitions with sensitivity and respect.

In our work together, we may speak. We may pause. We may breathe. We might turn toward images, colours, and textures or step gently outdoors to feel what emerges in the presence of trees and sky.

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How I Work: A Holistic, Trauma-Informed Approach

My approach is grounded in person-centred, Internal Family Systems (IFS), existential and transpersonal therapy. I bring a trauma-informed, holistic, and non-pathologising lens, trusting that healing is a remembering, a returning, not a fixing.

This space is for you if you are:

  • Living with anxiety, overwhelm, or emotional sensitivity

  • Navigating grief, loss, or the ending of a chapter

  • Healing from trauma, or seeking somatic (body-based) healing

  • Exploring identity, spirituality, neurodivergence, or life purpose

  • Longing to reconnect with your intuition, your body, or creative self

Ways We Can Work Together

  • Talk therapy & deep reflective listening

  • Somatic therapy, breathwork coaching, & guided imagery

  • Creative therapy like art, journaling, & visualization

  • Nature therapy - walking or sitting outdoors

  • In-person counselling, psychotherapy, and supervision in Marsden, Huddersfield

  • Online sessions accessible throughout the UK and worldwide

  • Phone or walk-and-talk therapy for gentle movement and connection

Why Grounded Connection?

  • Specialist support for Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) with trauma-informed care

  • Creative & somatic therapy

  • A non-pathologising, compassionate approach that honours your whole self

  • Integration of body, mind, heart, and spirit

  • A peaceful private practice located in Marsden, Huddersfield

  • Worldwide online sessions - meeting you where you are

  • Outdoor options - nature art therapy sessions and co-regulation with nature

Ready to begin your journey?
Whether you're seeking trauma-informed counselling, creative psychotherapy, or breathwork coaching - I welcome you to reach out.

📍 In-person in Marsden, near Huddersfield, Saddleworth, Holmfirth & Oldham

🌐 Online therapy & supervision available across the UK and internationally

👉 Contact me to book or find out more.

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