Empathy: the Critical Skill.

Keefe, Thomas

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ERIC Number: EJ130694

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Publication Date: 1976

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Empathy: the Critical Skill

Keefe, Thomas

Social Work, 21, 1, 10-13, Jan 76

Empathy is vital in all the helping professions, as theory, practice, and research indicate. But can it be taught? Can it be learned? What exactly does one do to empathize? This article presents a usable model of empathic behavior--as well as imaginative means of enhancing the capacity to empathize. (Author)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conceptual Schemes, Counseling Effectiveness, Emotional Development, Empathy, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Models, Social Development

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