Question

In what ways might subjective empathy help the therapy process?

In what ways might subjective empathy hinder the helping process?

Answer 1

Subjective empathy enables the therapeutics as well as the counselor to identify the client's problem as well as the state of the mind by his/her intuitions and feelings. In this way he/she can make a proper decision regarding the future proceedings of the therapy in best possible and the effective way. This makes the more effective platform for the communication and further generates the personal belief sense and hence offer a chance to patient to be more and more involved in his/her therapy.

On the other hand this subjective empathy may cause many obstacles in the whole course of the therapy as it may hinder to take the bitter and hard decisions even for the betterment of the patient. Further there may be chances of the imposing the self beliefs by the health professional as well as the counselor on the patient.