Dimensions of Empathic Therapy

This inspiring contribution to the helping professions delves into empathy as a cornerstone of personal life as well as professional practice. Renowned contributors from various mental health disciplines — psychiatry, counseling, and social work — discuss such themes as the interrelationship of empathy with love, self-awareness, and self transformation. The application of specific techniques includes the use of writing to foster empathy; empathic therapy with different populations — children, adolescents, the elderly, and families; and how to bridge cultural differences in empathy therapy.  

Articles in Dimensions in Empathic Therapy

 Teaching and Learning Empathy: An OverviewFred Bernak and Peter R. Breggin

On the Incompatibility of the Biological and Empathic-Relational ModelDouglas C. Smith

The Changing Face of the Ideal TherapistLeslie Wolowitz,  former president of the Family Psychology Division of APA

Empathy is Not EnoughJeff Rubin

Empathy in Working With Adolescents and Their FamiliesMary Newell

The Successful Use of Empathy With a Depressed Older ManRosemarie Ratto

Empathy as the Medicine of LifeRichard A. Goodman

The Patient's Need To LoveTherese Ragen, New York University

Creating an Empathic Environment at the San Joaquin Psychotherapy CenterKevin F. McCready, Clinical Director, San Joaquin Psychotherapy Center

The Role of Empathy in the Wraparound ModelSharon Morrison-Velasco

Accompanied Autoanalysis: An Empathic Approach to Helping Deeply Disturbed PersonsAlberto Fergusson, President and Founder, Institute for Accompanied Self Rehabilitation

A Model for Using Empathy in Counselor Education at George Mason UniversityCarol K. Kaffenberger, Diana S. Gibb, and C. Sally Murphy

Culture and Empathy: Case Studies in Cross-Cultural CounselingRita Chi-Ying Chung, Fred Bernak, and Afet Kilinc

Empathy in Cross-Cultural PsychotherapyClemmont E. Vontress

Recollection, Empathy, and ReverieGerald J. Gargiulo, President: The International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education

A Doctor's Reflections on EmpathyLawrence R. Epp

The Use of Empathy in a Woman's Writing Workshop: An Instructor's PerspectiveErika Duncan, Founder of Herstory

Empathic Self-Transform in TherapyPeter R. Breggin