Creative Interventions for Teaching Empathy in the Counseling Classroom |
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Authors: | Hope Bell |
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Institution: | University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA |
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Abstract: | Empathy is a foundational, necessary component of successful counseling. Relaying an understanding of empathy, including the components and science behind the phenomenon, is critical to the development of counselors-in-training. In addition, creative practice is a pillar of professional counseling, and is linked to experiential learning and meaningful integration of new knowledge in counselor education. The purpose of this article is to provide a review of the definitions of empathy, provide current literature on the science of empathy, and discuss specific creative interventions to use within counseling courses to increase empathic knowledge and skills. |
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Keywords: | Counselor education creativity in counseling empathy |
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