1. Basics of Counseling Skills
... what they are saying. Empathic Responding Mearns & Thorne (2007) explain empathy is adopting another person's frame of reference while leaving our own behind, enabling us to explore the other person's world more fully. Further, Egan (2010) suggests empathy needs to be used throughout all stages of counselling. An empathic response I used for Pamela was 'I sense your frustration'. I could tell Pamela ... had deeper feelings of frustration that lay beneath her calm exterior and voice. She accepted my reflection and this frustration seemed to become a part of the story we explored. The...
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