Empathic Counseling

Jeanne M. Slattery, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Clarion University. She is passionate about teaching and helping students learn to become empathic and respectful clinicians. She has also written Trauma, Meaning, and Spirituality: Translating Research into Clinical Practice and Counseling Diverse Clients: Bringing Context into Therapy. She is a licensed psychologist with a small private practice and especially works with adults and children with a history of trauma, and mood and anxiety disorders. She lives in Clarion, Pennsylvania. Visit https://jeannemslattery.wordpress.com.  Crystal L. Park, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Her research focuses on multiple aspects of coping with stressful events, including the roles of religious beliefs and religious coping, the phenomenon of stress-related growth, yoga, and the making of meaning in the context of traumatic events and life-threatening illnesses, particularly with cancer survivors, congestive heart failure patients, and military veterans. At UConn, she maintains an active research lab and teaches health psychology at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. She lives in the lovely village of Mystic, Connecticut. Visit https://spiritualitymeaningandhealth.uconn.edu.

• Preface to the Second EditionPart I. Introduction to Empathy and the Mental Health ProfessionalChapter . What Is Empathy, and Why Does It Matter?Part II. Building a Framework for Understanding PeopleChapter 2. Understanding Meaning SystemsChapter 3. Understanding Culture, Identity, and OppressionPart III. Developing Empathic AssessmentsChapter 4. Building the Therapeutic AllianceChapter 5. Communicating Empathy VerballyChapter . Assessing People in ContextChapter 7. Thinking Critically to Ensure Accurate AssessmentsPart IV. Facilitating Positive ChangeChapter 8. Developing Goals and a Treatment PlanChapter 9. Providing Empathic InterventionsChapter . Ending TreatmentPart V. Professional IssuesChapter . EthicsChapter 2. Writing Empathic Clinical ReportsChapter 3. Self-CareReferencesGlossaryIndexAbout the Authors