Empathy and Mental Health: An Integral Model for Developing Therapeutic Skills in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Description
by Arthur J. Clark (Author)
Empathy and Mental Health
shows mental health professionals how to employ a deeper understanding
of subjective, objective, and interpersonal modalities of empathy in
their practice.
Chapters are full
of case studies and examples that demonstrate empathy’s role in
challenging and complex encounters, and as each concept and process is
introduced, Dr. Clark discusses strategies for responding empathically.
The book has a sound theoretical grounding that is informed by extensive
material on empathy and empathic understanding from the counseling and
psychotherapy literature and related fields of inquiry.
Drawing from psychodynamic, existential-humanistic, cognitive behavioral, and other contemporary orientations, this text makes empathy immediately useful and understandable to students and practitioners.
