12th Class Psychology Therapeutic approaches Question Bank Therapeutic Approches Counselling (Short)

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    What is ‘Empathy’? How it is different from sympathy?

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    Ans.     Empathy means understanding things from the other person’s perspective, i.e., putting oneself in the other person’s shoes. Empathy is present when one is able to understand the plight of another person and feel like other person. Empathy enriches the therapeutic relationship and develops a healing relationship. It is a cognitive process. Sympathy is different from empathy. It is compassion and pity towards the suffering of another but not being able to feel like the other person. It is an affective process.


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