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How Can the Clinician Cultivate Empathy?

 

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Rebecca Shafir in The Zen of Listening suggests some ways to enhance attunement in our treatment relationships:

  • Listen without interruption
  • Express empathy and concern by "getting into the other person's movie"
  • Involve the client in the decision-making process
  • Talk openly
  • Ask open-ended questions


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