Empathic listening to me means the use of Active listening skills in where the therapist pays attention to the client with empathy. They listen to understand connecting not only emotionally but cognitively with the client. This builds trust and rapport, can reduce tension encourages information flow from the client and creates a safe environment. One example could be a therapist listening to a client who has been undergoing some relationship issues. The client might say “My wife started yelling and screaming at me” the response would be “your wife was screaming and yelling at you?” this would open up an invitation to expand the conversation and illicit further information to be able to understand the situation more. Speaking when the client
