Remember, Empathy Need Not Lead To Sympathetically

The Act Of Compassion Begins With Full Attention, Just As Rapport Does. You Have To Really See The Person. If You See The Person, Then Naturally, Empathy Arises. If You Tune Into The Other Person, You Feel With Them. If Empathy Arises, And If That Person Is In Dire Need, Then Empathic Concern Can Come. You Want To Help Them, And Then That Begins A Compassionate Act. So I'd Say That Compassion Begins With Attention.

The Emotional Brain Is Highly Attuned To Symbolic Meanings And To The Mode Freud Called The 'primary Process' - The Messages Of Metaphor, Story, Myth, The Arts.

Emotional Self-control Is Not The Same As Overcontrol, The Stifling Of All Feeling And Spontaneity....when Such Emotional Suppression Is Chronic, It Can Impair Thinking, Hamper Intellectual Performance And Interfere With Smooth Social Interaction. By Contrast, Emotional Competence Implies We Have A Choice As To How We Express Our Feelings.

I Would Say That Iq Is The Strongest Predictor Of Which Field You Can Get Into And Hold A Job In, Whether You Can Be An Accountant, Lawyer Or Nurse, For Example.

But There Has Also Been A Notable Increase In Recent Years Of These Applications By A Much Wider Slice Of Psychotherapists - Far Greater Interest Than Ever Before.