Mental health did not escape the asylum system until after the Second World War and apparently many therapists are still trapped in that world. The subconscious intoxication of our professional mystique leads many of us, in the mental health profession, to forget that our clients only need us because of their suffering. They come to […]
For anyone working in the ‘Front-Facing’ sector of the mental health professions, empathy and the therapeutic alliance are considered to be vital components of successful treatment (Nienhuis, 2018). However, there seems to be a general confusion on what exactly ‘empathy’ is. Political figures and pundits have recently concluded that, under certain circumstances, empathy can be
The online tiff between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Allie Beth Stuckey, over the use of the word ‘empathy’ in political discourse, presents frontline mental health professionals with a bit of a pickle. It quickly became obvious that both ladies meant something completely different when they said the word ‘empathy’ and all of the subsequent media
Why people are so nasty and why it’s really not about you Remember that sinking feeling? Out of the blue, when you least expect it someone says something hurtful. At first you think you must have misheard but by the time what they actually said sinks in it’s too late to retort. For weeks and weeks
