Empathy, Empowerment, and Self-Agency in Psychotherapy

Autor(i)

  • Richard G. Erskine University of Deusto, Bilbao

Ključne riječi:

empathy, attunement, relational needs, self-agency, beyond empathy, empowerment

Sažetak

Empathy is the ability to emotionally connect with another’s internal sensations and experience. Attunement goes beyond empathy by providing a reciprocal response to the other’s rhythm, affect, and relational needs. We provide empowerment when we validate the function of the other person’s style of thinking, fantasies, and stories. Self-agency is the result of having all of our relational needs acknowledged and validated.

Biografija autora

  • Richard G. Erskine, University of Deusto, Bilbao

    Professor of Psychology and Education

    Training Director, Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy

Preuzimanja

Objavljeno

2024-12-17

Broj časopisa

Svezak 15 (2024)

Rubrika

Articles