psychotherapy: empathy

Appreciation of the emotional state of the patient or client. To empathize is to tender a treatment intervention reflecting that appreciation with the purpose of advancing the treatment.

Also: empathy, empathy

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Halpern, Jodi From Detached Concern to Empathy Hardcover

Mysterious Creatures Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Daryl Fishwick 2007