Social Work · 1979 · 52 citations · 0 references
EducationSocial PsychologySocial WorkCulturally Responsive PedagogyInterpersonal RelationshipsMulticultural CounselingCross-cultural CounselingEmpathic CommunicationEmpathic ConcernEmpathic RespondingEmpathyPower In CounselingClient WorldviewsEmpathy In CounselingIntercultural EmpathyRacial Identity Power DynamicsTeacher Empathy
Empathy, the key ingredient in the helping relationship, neutralizes the client's powerlessness. The author describes a model for teaching empathy by focusing on the power or lack of power associated with the client's racial or ethnic identity.