Donna Marie Desai MS LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor)
Highly intelligent, sensitive, and/or multi-talented individuals face unique and sometimes very difficult challenges. I specialize in helping them address their particular obstacles to a satisfying and meaningful life. My goal is to help them:
- understand and embrace their talents and differences
- learn about the gifted traits of intensity, complexity, and drive
- take the risks required to enjoy their abilities and live authentically
Not sure whether you're a gifted adult? No problem . . . it's often a matter of degree rather than a yes/no question. Take a look at the the Gifted Adult Life Satisfaction Survey, as well as the blue box (at right).
And of course, please contact me to discuss giftedness.
As a Gifted Adult, How Well Do You . . .
- understand and embrace their talents and differences
- learn about the gifted traits of intensity, complexity, and drive
- take the risks required to enjoy their abilities and live authentically
Not sure whether you're a gifted adult? No problem . . . it's often a matter of degree rather than a yes/no question. Take a look at the the Gifted Adult Life Satisfaction Survey, as well as the blue box (at right).
And of course, please contact me to discuss giftedness.
As a Gifted Adult, How Well Do You . . .
As a Gifted Adult, It's Time for You to
Unwrap and Enjoy Your Gifts
Unwrap and Enjoy Your Gifts
| • | Identify and accept your talents, sensitivities, and the positive personality traits associated with your exceptional abilities? |
| • | Realize that what others often say is "wrong with you" are actually your best talents and traits. |
| • | Respond to negative messages--both internal and external--about the unique ways you perceive, think and feel. |
| • | Support your self-esteem and take responsibility for developing and enjoying your strengths. |
| • | Take the necessary risks to enjoy your abilities and find support, acceptance and belonging. |
| Gifted Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential -- Marylou Streznewski |
Liberating Everyday Genius: A Revolutionary Guide to Mastering Your Exceptional Gifts -- Mary-Elaine Jacobsen |
| Upside Down Brilliance: The Visual Spatial Learner -- Linda Silverman |
The Highly Sensitive Person -- Elaine Aron |
| Making Work Work for the Highly Sensitive Person -- Barrie Jaeger |
Refuse to Choose: A Revolutionary Program for Doing Everything that You Love -- Barbara Sher |
| The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One -- Margaret Lobenstine |
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Recommended Reading for Gifted Adults . . . and for Those Who Care About Them
Also recommended: VIA (Values in Action) Signature Strengths Survey (free with registration at AuthenticHappiness.com)
How Many of These Qualities
Do You See in Yourself . . . ?
- persistently curious
- intuitive, expressive, intense
- keen powers of observation
- highly sensitive to the surroundings
- unusual sense of humor
- experience of feeling different
- intense concentration
- compassion
- energetic, enthusiastic, excitable
- learns quickly; learns differently
- often bored; needs stimulation
- never bored; likes new ideas
- superior verbal abilities
- creative
- a natural leader
- capable of original thinking
- excellent problem-solver
- understands complex ideas
- able to read the emotions of others
- an experimenter
- an avid reader
- has many interests
- driven to use your abilities
- strong sense of justice
- may have highly specialized abilities
- may excel in many areas
- may score highly on IQ tests
Do You See in Yourself . . . ?
- persistently curious
- intuitive, expressive, intense
- keen powers of observation
- highly sensitive to the surroundings
- unusual sense of humor
- experience of feeling different
- intense concentration
- compassion
- energetic, enthusiastic, excitable
- learns quickly; learns differently
- often bored; needs stimulation
- never bored; likes new ideas
- superior verbal abilities
- creative
- a natural leader
- capable of original thinking
- excellent problem-solver
- understands complex ideas
- able to read the emotions of others
- an experimenter
- an avid reader
- has many interests
- driven to use your abilities
- strong sense of justice
- may have highly specialized abilities
- may excel in many areas
- may score highly on IQ tests
How glorious, and how painful, to be an exception
-- author unknown
-- author unknown
Desai Guidance & Counseling 628 Norfolk Avenue Westchester, IL 60154 (708) 344-7712