I’ve been thinking about the issue of forgiveness lately, and how it might play a role in my work. As a therapist, at first I thought there’s something almost counter-intuitive about it. One of the ways people heal in therapy is by getting a chance…
Tag: empathy
Challenges to Empathy
I’ve been fascinated lately with the question of empathy. As a therapist, it seems very important to my work: trying to deeply understand someone’s experience so that I can be of help is a pretty good working definition of what I aim to do. I’ve…