Empathy in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Perspectives and PracticesThe purpose of this text is to organize the voluminous material on empathy in a coherent and practical manner, filling a gap that exists in the current therapeutic literature. Empathy in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Perspectives and Practices comprehensively examines the function of empathy as it introduces students and practitioners to the potential effectiveness of utilizing empathic understanding in the treatment process. Employing empathy with full recognition of its strengths and limitations promotes sound strategies for enhancing client development. As an integral component of the therapeutic relationship, empathic understanding is indispensable for engaging clients from diverse backgrounds. This cogent work focuses on understanding empathy from a wide range of theoretical perspectives and developing interventions for effectively employing the construct across the course of treatment. The book also presents a new approach for integrating empathy through a Multiple Perspective Model in the therapeutic endeavor. Organized into three sections, the text addresses empathy in the following capacities: *historical and contemporary perspectives and practices in counseling and psychotherapy; *theoretical orientations in counseling and psychotherapy; and *a Multiple Perspective Model in counseling and psychotherapy. This widely appealing volume is designed for use in courses in counseling and therapy techniques, theories of counseling and psychotherapy, and the counseling internship, and is a valuable resource for counselors, psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other related fields of inquiry in the human services. |
Contents
Theoretical Orientations in Counseling and Psychotherapy | 39 |
A Multiple Perspective Approach in Counseling and Psychotherapy | 153 |
References | 247 |
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Empathy in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Perspectives and Practices Arthur J. Clark Limited preview - 2014 |
Empathy in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Perspectives and Practices Arthur J. Clark No preview available - 2007 |
Empathy in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Perspectives and Practices Arthur J. Clark No preview available - 2007 |
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Adler analyst approach awareness becomes behavior Bohart Bozarth Carl Rogers Clark client client-centered client-centered therapy cognitive cognitive restructuring cognitive therapy communication conceptualization construct context contribute Corey counseling and psychotherapy counselor or therapist countertransference Crystal defense mechanisms discussion early recollections emotional emotionally empathic stance empathic understanding empathy perspective emphasizes employ enhance evaluate experience experience-distant experiential express feelings Ferenczi focus frame of reference Freud functioning Greenson group members group participants Heinz Kohut identify individual individual’s instances integrated interactions interpretation interventions intuition involves Iournal Ivey knowing knowledge channel Kohut meaning objective observations participant observer particular patient patient’s perceived perceptions person-centered therapy position possible potential practitioner’s psychology reactions recognized reflection reframe regard relating respect response Rogers Rogers’s role Sandor Ferenczi self-disclosure selfobject needs sense session subjective empathy technique theoretical therapeutic process therapeutic relationship tion Tonya treatment process treatment relationship treatment situation unconditional positive regard