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Elaine Aron is in the publisher's blurb described as a highly sensitive person (HSP) herself and a psychotherapist in private practice. She also states that she is a research psychologist, university professor and a published novelist; she trained at the Jung Institute in San Francisco. She has written a practical self-help book with checklists, self-tests and revision tasks at the end of each chapter. High sensitivity is a rather over- inclusive category which seems to include half of psychiatric nosology ranging from neural impairment, post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, phobias and obsessional compulsive disorders. Jung was an honorary HSP, and introversion correlates with High Sensitivity. Jungian psychotherapy and analysis is the treatment of choice because of the spiritual nature. Reading about HSPs is like revisiting ‘delicate children’ and the neurasthenics of the past. Most of Aron's remedies are, however, familiar to clinicians. She guides the reader through reframing, habituation and relaxation. She recommends a state of maternal preoccupation to soothe one's infant self. This is a manual for how to live, love and sustain relationships. Aron's advice is sensible and useful, though she occasionally descends into blandness. She quotes the latest research findings on the prerequisites of mutual love. They are: liking certain things about the other and finding out that the other likes you. Quite. She concludes with tips for the employers of HSPs. The HSP is an ideal employee, too humble to ask for a rise, but useful as an organizational stress detector like the miner's canary. This book is a good guide to self-improvement and everyday anthropology.