About Dr. Jadzia Jagiellowicz

Dr. Jagiellowicz is a highly sensitive person. Trying to understand her own sensitivity and that of her former gifted students motivated her to conduct research in the field, which she has been doing since 2005. She is one of very few people  in the world that does both evidence-based research and advising on high sensitivity. ​

Dr. Jagiellowicz is passionate about using  scientific findings  to help highly sensitive persons and deeply committed to evidence-based practice. This means that she uses information that was discovered using scientific methods and checked by other scientists before being published in scientific journals. She has been an Expert Advisor for International Consultants in High Sensitivity (ICHS), and Vantage: A Charity Campaigning for HSPs.

Qualifications

BA (Psychology), Dip.Bus.Admin., B.Ed, MA/PhD (Psychology)

  • MA/PhD (Psychology) Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY, USA , supervisors were Elaine and Arthur Aron

    • Studied child attachment with Dr. Everett Waters of the New York Attachment Consortium

    • Studied personality psychology with Dr. Walter Mischel, Columbia University, New York City

  • Summer Workshop in Molecular Biology (Genetics), Smith College, MA, USA.

  • 7 years work experience as a Medical Writer; reporting on research in Neurology & Psychiatry, writing Continuing Medical Education Curriculum for Physicians, writing advertising for medications for mental health

  • B. Ed., Additional qualifications in Learning Disabilities/Behavioural Problems & Intellectually Gifted

    • work experience with mental health interventions with intellectually gifted students

  • B.A. (Psychology),Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

    • ran social skills groups with children with behavioural problems

  • Diploma in Business Administration, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

    • work experience in management consulting for business and private sector clients

 

Philosophy

Evidence - Based.

I use the findings from the scientific peer-reviewed research, including my research, on high sensitivity to help you understand how your sensitivity affects your career, your friendships, and your relationships.  Research scanning the  brains of highly sensitive people will help you understand how your highly sensitive brain is different from those of less-sensitive people. Research on the effect of parenting and attachment on high sensitivity will help you understand what role they have played in your sensitivity. Many times, what you may have thought was ‘abnormal’ will turn out to be very similar to how other highly sensitive people think and feel. I will also help you to understand how less-sensitive people think and feel and why they may not understand you.

Personalized.

We will work closely together. I will ask you about your goals for our sessions and personalize our sessions to help you meet those goals. I respect the fact that highly sensitive people are deep thinkers, and self-aware.  I use science to investigate what makes highly sensitive people function. My job is to share what I and my research colleagues have found out, listen closely, reflect what you have said back to you, ask you if my understandings are correct, look for patterns, and  motivate you when you are discouraged. Most importantly of all, I will give you tools that you can use to help yourself. Using these techniques should, over time, help you feel less overwhelmed by life.