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week 5 Discussion Forum 1

week 5 Discussion Forum 1

Q Week 5 DQ 1 Week 5 Discussion Forum #1 In this Forum, please answer the following question. Your answer to the following questions should be between 300-400 words (per question). Question: 1. GTIOTM is a study in the lack of empathy in a given community. That begs the question, what indeed is empathy? How does it manifest? What does it involve? How can we demonstrate it. For this question, please watch the following video, which is a therapy session from Carl Rogers, a famous psychotherapist whose work was dedicated to exploring empathy, and his school of thought is called Humanism. Watch the video below (~45 minutes). After viewing the video, discuss Rogers' approach to empathy. What does he do, and say, to convey it? What are his techniques? What does being motivated to empathize involve?

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Rogers approach to empathy is a conversational and two way approaches. He evokes empathy and compassion through conversations. He showed that to be empathic, we also need to be an empathic listener. Rogers made sure the client is comfortable enough and he made her share her experiences and feelings that made Rogers emotional itself. He simply showed that to