Empathy and the Nature of Psychotherapy

One of my goals for this podcast is to give our listeners really concrete skills that they can take into the hospital with them. So we're talking in really broad strokes about empathy and the nature of psychotherapy. What are some specific ways that we can demonstrate empathy to our patients? Well, first of all, listen, and reflect that. And reflection is not the same as paraphrasing. It's actually saying what the person is saying in shorter, more direct terms including feelings.