Re: Empathy / Acceptance
Dale Emery <[email protected]>
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Hi Amy, > I've worked with this -- and tested the limits of empathy for > myself in my own consulting practice. It can be too easy, and > sometimes toxic, to identify with a client's situation -- or > perhaps the differentiator is over-identification. There is a > dance I've danced between identification, over-identification. For me, empathy means that I care about your experience. I may or may not be able to identify with it (except in a very general way). When I start to identify with your experience, that feels more like sympathy. I often get into trouble when I sympathize. I know that people use these words in many ways. Dale -- Dale Emery -- Consultant -- Resistance as a Resource Web: http://www.dhemery.com Weblog: http://www.dhemery.com/journal (Conversations with Dale) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/X1EolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/