Empathy Reconsidered: New Directions in Psychotherapy

Empathy Reconsidered New Directions in Psychotherapy Empathy the sense of being in feeling with another has long been acknowledged as an important part of the therapist patient bond But with the advent of managed care approaches short term psychotherap

Empathy the sense of being in feeling with another has long been acknowledged as an important part of the therapist patient bond But with the advent of managed care approaches, short term psychotherapy, and the growing popularity of manualized approaches, empathy has started to take on a diminished role seen as a useful but not vital element in therapy, good to have bEmpathy the sense of being in feeling with another has long been acknowledged as an important part of the therapist patient bond But with the advent of managed care approaches, short term psychotherapy, and the growing popularity of manualized approaches, empathy has started to take on a diminished role seen as a useful but not vital element in therapy, good to have but not necessary for the therapy s success.