Psychology In Seattle Podcast Ten Types of Empathy (Deep Dive, Chapter 3)
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Jan 6, 2025 Dive into the fascinating world of empathy! Discover eight distinct types, including compassionate and vicarious empathy, and explore how these forms impact our connections with others. Learn about emotional availability and attunement, which play crucial roles in building rapport. The discussion emphasizes recognizing these types to enhance interpersonal relationships and understanding. With a wealth of insights, you'll gain a deeper appreciation for the complexity of human emotions!
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Four Categories of Empathy
- Dr. Kirk Honda divides empathy into four categories: caring, vicarious, listening, and understanding.
- Each category contains two distinct types of empathy, totaling eight, later revised to ten and then eleven.
Caring Empathies
- Compassionate empathy involves sensing another's struggles and feeling an urge to care, not necessarily to help.
- Sympathy means feeling bad for someone without necessarily experiencing their feelings.
Vicarious Empathies
- Vicarious empathy is involuntarily feeling another's emotions, which can be positive, negative, or neutral.
- Somatic empathy is feeling another's physical sensations.