Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia
Return to Articles Richard Lakeman, DNSci, Adjunct Associate Professor, Southern Cross University Introduction Empathy is essential for interpersonal helping and is considered a key change process in psychotherapy (Bohart, Elliott, Greenberg, & Watson, 2002). In everyday discourse, to empathise with another is to see things from their perspective and to feel with them, or, …
Richard Lakeman, DNSci, Adjunct Associate Professor, Southern Cross University Abstract The capacity to be empathic and communicate empathically are foundational skills of counselling and psychotherapy, if not all interpersonal helping endeavours. Empathy requires the capability, inclination, and capacity to take the perspective of others, appraise and understand their experiences without being overwhelmed, and communicate …