Empathic Communities Educating for Justice

Name: Empathic Communities Educating for Justice
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ISBN: 9781608998616

ISBN-10: 1608998614

ISBN-13: 9781608998616

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Authors: Johanna M. Selles

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Empathy is generally considered a useful skill for professional students in the helping professions, such as medicine, nursing, teaching, and clergy. This book examines the pedagogical and curricular implications of educating for empathy. Empathy is described as consisting of both cognitive and affective elements. Students may demonstrate empathic abilities on a continuum from an empathic deficit to empathic overload. Mentoring, reflection, journaling, and an understanding of spiritual formation can be helpful to professional students in learning how to engage empathy. For both the professional and the client, empathy can enhance the encounter and the professional relationship. Building on…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 5/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 190
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Theoretical Considerations



Professional Relationships



The Health-Care Relationship: The Roots of Therapeutic Empathy



Learning Empathic Engagement



Regarding Suffering



Bearing Witness



Improving the Empathic Ability



Empathetic Communities


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index