Empathy, By Carl Rogers

Empathy is a two way process, its about trying to fully understand what your client is saying and feeling and also showing your understanding to your client.

Empathy is the ability to share emotions and feelings with others. This skill requires people to look at things from another person’s point of view. Harper Lee implies in To Kill A Mockingbird that having the ability to feel empathy for others not only benefits others, but also can lead to personal gains in the long run. Empathy is demonstrated through the relationship of the characters of Scout with Walter Cunningham, Atticus with Tom Robinson and the children, and finally, Jem Finch with Mrs. Dubose.

Empathy is the ability to understand another person's viewpoint, to recognise and experience their feelings, and to be aware and understanding of their thoughts, from their perspective. When we are empathetic we allow ourselves to understand others and the intentions of others. Empathy requires that we connect with them and allows us to build a relationship with that person therefore empathy is also one of the most important forms of communication. By using empathy we are able to communicate better. Developing an empathic approach allows us to improve our communication skills. We can assume that when we take the time to understand

The first concept i will be discussing is empthy, which is discussed in Chapter six (Shebib, 2003). Empathy is the ability to correctly interpret another person's feelings to show them you understand. So, empathy is not something we have, but something we do. Empathy is a skill and an attitude and not a feeling (sympathy is a feeling). It is about being able and willing to understand another person from their own point of view, without your own thoughts, feelings, opinions and judgements getting in the way of this understanding. This

Professor Paul Bloom states he is against empathy. He believes it is wrongfully used in our society and should not be used in certain situations. He still thinks it is important sometimes, but should not be primarily used as a result of anger, depression or retaliation. He believes compassion is the solution to empathy. In the long run, Bloom states that empathy will fail or burnout in a person. Hannah the extremely empathic person will eventually burnout according to Bloom. The use of empathy everyday as a core moral code will eventually be overwhelming and burned out and used up. The person will change direction and use empathy less in their lifetime. This essay will explore Paul Bloms opinion of empathy in his article, “Against

• Empathy: Empathy is someone who is able to feel what others feel and see things in other people’s point of view.

Have you ever felt severe anger, outrage, or upset as a result of listening to your friend tell you a story about something that happened to them? Putting yourself into someone else’s shoes and feelings the emotions that they feel or felt in a moment they are now telling you about is a fairly good example of experiencing empathy. Connecting with others on an emotional level is very important for us to do as human beings. Empathy is important whether it be through music, education, from a therapist, or in our everyday lives.

The human mind can be a delicate thing capable of extraordinary kindness, but it also has a skill for a high level of destruction and apathy. Within the dystopian novel, A Clockwork Orange, written by Anthony Burgess, the atrocities of an extremely violent subculture run by the futures youth is revealed. The novel is a satirical probe into the conscious of the troubled youth molded by a corrupt society, exploring the inability to be empathetic forming from corruption and the results of removing a person’s free will. The story follows Alex through a demented world full of violence, with a warped state government revealing its unethical methods in reforming society

When someone has empathy if gives them the ability to look at the situation from the perspective of the client. According to Martin (2014), “empathy in a counseling relationship, involves the ability and willingness to experience a client’s beliefs, thoughts, and feelings through the client’s personal lens” (63). Consequently, by having empathy it will allow you to properly evaluate the whole situation, and provide sustainable help. An empathic heart will promote active listening skills. Being empathic will give you an engaging mindset. Martin states (2014), “Active listening counseling relationship also includes behaviors such as maintaining direct eye contact and observing the client’s body language. This will make for better

Empathy is a natural feeling that most humans feel. WE see someone who has to go through some tough situations and want to assuage their stress, but sometimes helping them is not beneficial to your well-being. If you do not care about yourself, helping others is hopeless.

Empathy is being able to understand and share another person’s feelings or emotions. It allows a team to develop trust and understand others. Leaders who express empathy towards their team shows that they truly care about the people within their team.

Empathy is the ability to understand what another person is feeling (Posick 1). In order to show empathy you must see things from another person’s eyes, allowing you to understand and relate to what they are feeling. Naturally for us as humans, it is easier to empathize with others who have been through similar situations or face similar problems as we do. If we as citizens could begin to be more empathic as a whole, we would bring an end to several major problems that we face in our daily lives as Americans, and as people as a whole. Empathy is needed in American society.

From a counseling stand point empathy is more meaningful than sympathy. Empathy is when we have the ability to understand and then reflect that understanding and those feelings back to the client. Sympathy is when you feel sorrow for someone else’s misfortune. Some clients come to counseling to seek sympathy and not empathy those types of clients want the counselor to feel sorry for them. Another barrier to the development of empathy could be the pressure we put on ourselves to say the right things. Empathy is about listening and acknowledging feeling and/or understanding. We may overcome these barriers by simply just listening for understanding and remembering that the counseling sessions are not for the counselor but for the client, so we must not impose our emotions and feelings on the

Most definitions of empathy are based on the same core idea - empathy is the ability to understand and identify someone else’s thoughts and feelings, as if they were one’s own (wordreference online dictionary, 2016). Although it’s been said “there are probably nearly as many definitions of empathy as people working on the topic.” (de Vignemont & Singer, 2006, p.435) suggesting that there is no singular way to even define empathy, let alone explain its impact on our behaviour. Due to the sheer depth and complexity of empathy it’s understandable that each discipline within psychology presents it’s own explanation for why we experience it, and how it can affect our interaction with the world around us. Psychologists have been exploring empathy for decades, in hope of gaining a complete grasp of what it means and how it can vary between each person, therefore its important we look at different psychological perspectives to try to understand it’s many dimensions.

Empathy is a feeling of putting yourself on others situation, giving caring and understanding the circumstances of someones who need help, being aware of what others felt behind his/her struggles and also a feeling you want to comfort his/her despite of their worst experiences.