Empathic concern

natural basis for feeling bad. Guilt must be understood as an unpleasant arousal akin to anxiety (Tennen & Herzberger, 1987). We propose two sources: empathic arousal and anxiety over social exclusion. Both of these are important, powerful sources of affect and motivation in close, communal relationships. People are innately prepared to feel empathic distress in response…

Summers states that “listening to another person in a way that indicates our concern for that person is important in the healing process” (pg. 154). Clients want to be able to express their concerns and issues to a professional that will listen to what is being said and respond in a helpful manner. Summers (2013) explains that the three purposes of reflective listening are to “let clients know you have heard their concerns…create an opportunity for you to correct any misperceptions…[and to]…

In a study by Williams, O’Driscoll, & Moore (2014), they showed that very young children can have empathic concern for others – or concerned feelings for those in distress. The study involved fifty 5 and 6-year old Canadian children, who were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. In the conditions, the researchers selected two different videos to be…

counselor may have difficulty separating their own experience from those of their clients creating empathic errors. Personally I believe I would have to pay great deal of attention to ensure I am providing services appropriately so I do not commit this error as I do tend to get lost in conversation and how I can relate. Even thou I want to be an empathic service provider the amount of work needed for empathic understanding appears to be exhausting process which is an added difficulty to…

Empathy is the experience of understanding how others feel from their point of view. In other words, putting ourselves in their shoes without judging, trying to change their attitude or counseling them as a professional. Amazingly, the best thing we can do is listening actively because, in many situations, we are tight- handed in front of diseases or problems other people have. Inappropriate responses can cause damage to our relationships. Once I worked in a pharmacy where we had a regular…

study is easily located within the first few sentences in the article, “The aim of this study was to analyze patients’ perspectives on the emergent theme of empathy and describe how patients construct their experiences and expectations surrounding empathic interactions” (Abrahamson, Blair,…

indicated that participants wanted to reduce the woman’s distress rather than personal enhancement. In the second experiment, the same procedure applied except the discrepancy between personal distress and empathic concern was observed. The results displayed that slightly more empathic concern was shown than personal distress, observed through a list of adjectives participants used to describe their emotions while watching the woman be shocked. This further proves the actions of those witnessing…

counselling process. Attending skills serve a variety of purposes. Empathic Attending not only demonstrates 'connection' and empathy, it helps clients tell their story by drawing out appropriate background and contextual…

Empathy the Super Power Sam Ferrigno, in his article, “Everyday Heroes: 8 Real Super Powers Every Human Has (And Sometimes Takes for Granted)” gives list of the human superpowers. The superpowers include Materialization-Imagination, Healing Touch- Compassion, Cloning-Memory, super Strength- Endurance, Telepathy- Intuition, Invulnerability- Bravery, and Empathy – Empathy. He claims every human has special super power and character traits that are unnoticed. He defines and explains…

Peer Pressure: Peer pressure effects on individual decision making. Therefore, it influenced the jurors to think for themselves. For example, juror number two was easily swayed by opinions of others. He had no confidence in himself and his own beliefs. Except for juror number eight, peer pressure impaired their judgment. Based on his maturity level it indicated that the greatest differences are found in juror number eight and three. Once juror (Jack) changed his vote from guilty to not guilty…