Elaine Aron

Research and Clinical Psychologist

Elaine Aron is a research and clinical psychologist, and the author of The Highly Sensitive Person (1996), The Highly Sensitive Person in Love (2001), and The Undervalued Self (2009), among others.

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Personality

The highly sensitive person

Those with this little-known trait think more deeply and feel more empathy. But they also deal with significant challenges

Elaine Aron