Understanding Empathy: Double-Minded Focus and Communication Skills, Study notes of Art

Download Understanding Empathy: Double-Minded Focus and Communication Skills and more Study notes Art in PDF only on Docsity! Degrees of Empathy The Art of Understanding What kind of a brain do you have? i Daan » Sam aye Le He © Types 5 (Se)  Understand accurately another persons position  Identify where they are at…  Find solutions where there are opposing views  Make another person feel valued  Enable the thoughts and feelings of the trainee to be heard, acknowledged and respected  Develop friendships and look after the relationship  Figuring out what the other person might have intended  Anticipating how things may be experienced by another mind, different to your own  Tuned in to a range of possibilities and consequences 0 -ve 0 +ve No understanding of the feelings of others  They know they have difficulty with empathy  Try to mask or compensate  Avoid jobs or relationships where there are constant demands on their empathy  Avoid others because social interaction is so hard  Difficulty reading facial expressions  Never quite sure what is expected  Small talk may be a nightmare … it seems so unpredictable … no rules to follow  They prefer to be alone  Blunted empathy… more comfortable when conversation shifts to topics other than the emotions.  Prefer to do something practical, or offering to fix something rather than discuss their feelings  Friendships based on shared activities or interests rather than on emotional intimacy (but no less enjoyable or weaker because of this) …more men than women at level 4  Friendships more based on emotional intimacy, sharing confidences, mutual support and expressions of compassion  Others are more on their radar, more careful about how they interact, consult looking at a range of perspectives  Hold back from asserting their opinion, so as not to dominate or intrude… take their time with others even if they have lots to do  Glean information by chatting on a range of topics rather than by direct questioning Clinical Supervision Skills Question & Answer Observations Physical Procedure Communication INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION X X X X OBSERVATION X X X PHYSICAL PROCEDURE X X EMOTIONAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT X X CLINICAL DECISION MAKING X X X PROBLEM SOLVING X X X REPORTING & INTERPRETATION OF SYMPTOMS X X PATIENT MANAGEMENT X X X PATIENT MANAGEMENT X X X  A Matter of Principal SMH Feb 11 2013 http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/a-matter-of-principal-20130121-2d2ej.html  Zero Degrees of Empathy Simon Baron-Cohen Penguin 2011