A day-long workshop with Karla McLaren and Nancy Feehan, MFT Sunday, July 14th in Monte Rio, California In a time of tension and polarization, people may tend to withdraw into ever smaller circles and become isolated. However, there is another way. In times like these, people can come together to learn how to dance with…
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Einfühlung and Empathy
Hello again! Last week, we looked at the first of my six aspects of empathy, Emotion Contagion. We also talked about the importance of art for people whose Emotion Contagion skills are very strong (hyperempaths), and also for people whose skills are currently less developed. The good news is that the six aspects of empathy…
Welcome to The Year of Empathy!
Hello and Happy New Year! Last month, I turned in the manuscript for my new book The Art of Empathy, and it will be published in October! I’ll be posting weekly about empathy this year — about my work, about the empathy research being done in over half-a-dozen different academic disciplines, and about ways that…
Six Essential Aspects of Empathy, part 3
Hello, part 3! In part 2 of this post, we looked at the third through fifth aspects of empathy. In this post, we’ll look at the culminating aspect, which I call Perceptive Engagement. As a reminder, here is my empathic compilation of the six essential aspects of empathy. Emotion Contagion: Before empathy can take place,…
Six Essential Aspects of Empathy, part 2
Hello, part 2! In part 1 of this post, we looked at the six aspects of empathy that I’ve compiled for my new book The Art of Empathy (October, 2013), and we delved into the first two aspects (Emotion Contagion and Empathic Accuracy). In this post, we’ll delve into aspects 3 through 5. As a…