The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful.
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I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.
Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.
A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain.
I hope I am a psychotherapist's dream. I've spent enough hours in therapy.
There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.
Fiction and essays can create empathy for the theoretical stranger.
Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.
I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones.
I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.
Every clinical encounter is an opportunity to generate social capital. Even in situations where patient needs are complex or seemingly insurmountable, it is the empathy and goodwill which makes the difference.
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