When has someone shown you great empathy? Was it mixed with compassion, or separate?

When do you most feel safe and connected in your interactions with clients?

This March in our clinical supervisions session we’ll be discussing empathy, and in particular cognitive, affective and compassionate empathy.

For February we are talking about love, and by love I mean empathy. When do you feel more connected than when someone really understands your life experience in a compassionate, accurate way?

How do you use empathy in your clinical work? Here’s one perspective.