The Tuned In Institute is the research and education arm of Rooted Rhythm, under the leadership of Sophie Schauermann, MSW, LCSW, Founder and CEO. Most of our deep, research-backed content on high sensitivity is available to clients only — ask your Rooted Rhythm therapist about how to get access.
Search the full Tuned In library. Members get personalized concierge answers.
You were never too much. You were just in the wrong environment.
Research-backed education and support for sensitive children, teens, and adults, and the people who love them.
15–20% of people are born highly sensitive.
Why we exist
Sensitivity is not a flaw. It's a different operating system.
About fifteen to twenty percent of people are born highly sensitive, wired to notice more, process more deeply, and feel more intensely. The problem is not the sensitivity. It is the lack of understanding around it.
Learn about sensitivityResearch-grounded.
Every module is rooted in neuroscience, polyvagal theory, and Dr. Elaine Aron's decades of HSP research, translated into real-life practice.
For every stage of life.
From toddlers to adults, age-specific education that meets sensitive humans exactly where they are.
Education plus ongoing support.
Courses, video content, downloadable resources, and a growing library.
Built by clinicians in the room.
Every piece of content was tested in living rooms during meltdowns, at bedtime, and in the quiet moments that mattered most.
The programs
Four program tracks. One research foundation.
Tuned In Parenting
For parents of sensitive children ages 2 to 12. Grounded in neuroscience, designed for real life.
Explore courseTuned In Parenting for Teens
The Tuned In framework adapted for parents of sensitive adolescents ages 12 to 18.
Explore courseTuned In for Sensitive Teens
For sensitive teenagers navigating identity, relationships, school, and a world that moves too fast.
Explore courseTuned In for Adults
Regulation tools for sensitive adults navigating work, relationships, and a world not built for them.
Explore course
Now available
The book that started everything.
Tuned In: A Guide for Parents of Sensitive Children by Sophie Schauermann, MSW, LCSW. The research-backed foundation behind every program at the Institute. Available now in paperback and on Kindle.
One membership
Rooted Rhythm clients unlock the full Tuned In library.
All courses, all resources, all new content, past and future, in one place. Created by the licensed therapists at Rooted Rhythm and available to their clients.
- All 4 program tracks
- Video, audio and transcripts
- Full resource library
- 24/7 AI Concierge (coming soon)
Coming soon
24/7 AI Concierge. Personal answers, anytime.
Parenting a sensitive child at 11pm and hit a wall? Your Tuned In concierge will be there, trained on every module, every resource, and every principle in our curriculum.
Member question
My 7-year-old just had a meltdown over homework and is completely shut down. What do I do right now?
Concierge response
She's in dorsal vagal shutdown. Don't try to problem-solve yet. Sit near her, lower your voice, offer water. Once her breath slows, you can reconnect. The homework can wait 20 minutes.
Available 24/7 · Trained on Tuned In curriculum · Personalized to your child's age
Our story
Born from a decade of families who felt unseen.
After twelve years sitting with parents who felt confused, overwhelmed, and sometimes defeated by their child's intensity, our founder saw a pattern: the children weren't broken. The understanding around them was.
The Institute is where that clinical experience becomes a curriculum, so the next parent does not have to start from scratch at the hardest moment of the day.
Read our story
15–20%
of people are born highly sensitive
12+
years of clinical practice behind every module
4
program tracks: children, teens, adults
Our clinical approach
The science of sensitivity, made practical.
Dr. Elaine Aron's HSP Research
Four decades of research establishing Sensory Processing Sensitivity as a measurable, inherited trait.
Polyvagal Theory
A map of the nervous system that explains why a sensitive body reaches shutdown or alarm more readily.
Attachment Science
How early relationships shape the way a sensitive child learns to regulate and reconnect.
Dan Siegel's Interpersonal Neurobiology
The science of how relationships literally shape the developing brain, moment to moment.
Epigenetics
How environment and experience switch genes on and off, and why context matters as much as wiring.
In-person care
Therapy in Dallas, Atlanta and Colorado.
The Tuned In Institute partners with Rooted Rhythm Therapy, a network of clinicians specializing in sensitive children, teens, and adults. Our educational content and their clinical care are designed to work together.
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