In order for a therapist to communicate "accurate empathic understanding" the counselor must:

a. have experienced a situation very similar to the client's current predicament.

b. clarify details and facts relevant to the client's experiences.

c. feel a deep sense of warmth toward the client.

d. connect emotionally to the client's subjective world.

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Naomi Krause

23 September, 07:32

In order for a therapist to communicate "accurate empathic understanding" the counselor must:

a. have experienced a situation very similar to the client's current predicament.

b. clarify details and facts relevant to the client's experiences.

c. feel a deep sense of warmth toward the client.

d. connect emotionally to the client's subjective world.

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Rhys Ayers · Answer 1

The correct answer is: D. Connect emotionally to the client's subjective world.

Explanation:

Empathy can be coloquially understood as "putting oneself in the other's shoes". In humanistic and phenomenological psychology empathy is undertstood as trying to emulate in oneself the subjective emotional experience of the patient. Even though is impossible to objectively capture the subjective phenomenological feelings of the patient, the humanistic therapist should try to connect emotionally to the client's subjective world in order for him/her to communicate empathic understanding.

The correct answer in conclusion is : D. Connect emotionally to the client's subjective world.