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Therapy for
Highly Sensitive People (HSP)

Feeling easily overwhelmed by emotions or your surroundings? Learning to navigate high sensitivity can help you find balance, build resilience, and thrive in daily life.

At Rise & Shine Counselling, our goal is to help every person feel...

CONFIDENT & EMPOWERED

UNDERSTOOD & RESPECTED

SAFE & GROUNDED

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"You don't have to pretend everything is okay."

Highly sensitive people often experience emotions, sensory input, and social interactions more intensely than others. This heightened sensitivity can sometimes feel overwhelming, leading to stress, burnout, or difficulty setting boundaries in daily life. 

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Through personalized guidance, HSP therapy helps you manage emotional overwhelm, reduce stress, and build resilience while honoring your unique sensitivities. With support from experienced therapists, you can learn to thrive in relationships, work, and personal life, cultivating balance, confidence, and well-being.

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At Rise & Shine Counselling & Wellness, we're here to walk beside you on your mental health journey.

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HSP COUNSELLING IN VANCOUVER AND BRITISH COLUMBIA

Understanding High Sensitivity

Emotional Awareness

Highly sensitive people often experience emotions more intensely, noticing subtle feelings in themselves and others that can feel overwhelming at times.

Sensory Sensitivity

Sounds, lights, textures, and other sensory inputs may feel stronger or more distracting, affecting focus and comfort in daily environments.

Deep Processing

HSPs tend to process experiences thoroughly, reflecting deeply on interactions and events, which can enhance insight but sometimes lead to overthinking.

Empathy & Connection

Heightened awareness of others’ emotions can foster strong empathy and relationships, but can also contribute to emotional fatigue if not managed.

Our counselling services for highly sensitive people provide compassionate, evidence-based support to help you manage overwhelm and navigate daily challenges. Using practical, research-informed strategies, we help you regulate emotions, set healthy boundaries, and build resilience. Take the next step toward greater balance, confidence, and well-being — book your free consultation today.

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At Rise & Shine Counselling & Wellness, our licensed therapists use techniques such as mindfulness, CBT, PCT, and ACT to help you grow, heal, and thrive.

How We Help

MINDFULNESS

  • Builds awareness of bodily sensations, emotions, and environmental triggers.

  • Encourages present-focused attention to reduce rumination and anxiety.

  • Helps HSPs respond calmly to overstimulation and stress.

At Rise & Shine Counselling & Wellness in Vancouver, we’re here to help you through the tough days and celebrate the good ones. You don’t have to do this alone.

Meet Your Counsellor

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Yassi Kazemi

Rita Benci, Registered Clinical Counsellor at Rise & Shine Counselling & Wellness in Vancouver

Rita Benci

Deeyh Uthman, Canadian Certified Counsellor at Rise & Shine Counselling & Wellness in Vancouver

Deeyh Uthman

Mariah McKnight, Registered Clinical Counsellor at Rise & Shine Counselling & Wellness in Vancouver

Mariah McKnight

HSP COUNSELLING IN VANCOUVER AND BRITISH COLUMBIA

Viewing Sensitivity as Strength

Our experienced therapists help you manage emotional overwhelm, set healthy boundaries, and build practical strategies for focus, resilience, and overall well-being.

Highly sensitive people often experience the world more deeply, noticing subtle details and emotions that others might miss. While this heightened awareness can sometimes feel overwhelming, it also allows for greater empathy, insight, and connection in relationships and daily life.

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Through neuro-affirming counselling, therapy helps you understand your sensitivity, regulate emotional responses, and develop strategies to manage overstimulation. By learning to navigate environments and social interactions in ways that honor your needs, you can reduce stress and increase confidence in your decision-making.

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Viewing sensitivity as a strength involves shifting perspective from limitation to potential. With support from our experienced therapists, you can embrace your unique traits, build resilience, and leverage your heightened awareness to thrive both personally and professionally.

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All of our therapists offer free 15-minute consultations to help you decide whether it feels like the right fit. You’re welcome to book a free consultation or schedule your first full appointment by selecting one of the options below.

Safe and supportive counselling environment for highly sensitive people

Our HSP therapy services help highly sensitive people manage overwhelm from sights, sounds, and social demands. We provide practical strategies to reduce sensory overload, regulate emotions, and create calmer, more balanced daily experiences.

Managing Overstimulation

Why Clients Choose Rise & Shine

At Rise & Shine Counselling & Wellness, we help people break free from patterns that leave them feeling stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected, or burnt out.

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Our team is passionate about creating a space where individuals and couples feel supported, understood, and empowered to make meaningful change. Through compassionate, evidence-based therapy, we help clients build healthier relationships, deeper self-understanding, and more fulfilling lives.

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We believe growth isn't about becoming someone new - it's about reconnecting with who you've been all along.

Cynthia Crowley, Registered Clinical Counsellor at Rise & Shine Counselling & Wellness in Vancouver

CYNTHIA CROWLEY

Owner/Founder
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Canadian Certified Counsellor

At Rise & Shine, we believe counselling should be:

COMPASSIONATE

Support that feels kind, steady, and attuned to your needs, especially when life feels uncertain.

EMPOWERING

We help you reconnect with your inner strength and move toward the life you want with confidence and clarity.

INCLUSIVE

We honour every identity, background, and experience. Your story matters, and it belongs here.

Location

#301-1212 W Broadway,

Vancouver, BC V6H 3V1

Hours

Mon-Fri 9:00am - 9:00pm

Sat-Sun 9:00am - 5:00pm

We respectfully honour that we are located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xwmÉ™θkwÉ™y̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and sÉ™lÌ“ílwÉ™taÊ” (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We express gratitude for their enduring presence, contributions, and deep connection to this land.

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