Comments on: Healing through Empathy http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/healing-through-empathy/ Explorations in the Theory and Practice of Massage and Bodywork Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sean http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/healing-through-empathy/#comment-139 Sean Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:38:52 +0000 http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/healing-through-empathy/#comment-139 I wrote a page on my site http://www.a-body-for-living.com/client-centered-philosophy.html that addresses the very issue you bring up regarding empathy, and much of the page is based on the works of Carl Rodgers. I think to get into the swing of emapthy as Dr. Rogers views it, one must embrace and LIVE the concepts of Humanism. Personally, I view that Man/Woman is good and that everyone has potential to be reached. I take on the idea that there are no bad people, only people who make bad decisions. If I take on this attitude, it is only then that I can enter a state of empathy for my clients,and then the real healing begins. The concept of Humanism will rub many in the wrong way. It is in conflict with some religious doctrine. (i.e. Man is evil by nature). With that premise I would find it difficult to find feelings of empathy for many of my clients. Some hate the words of Carl Rodgers and assert his writings are the work of the devil. Personnally I think not, but this may be a stumbling block for many trying foster an attitude of empathy in any healing profession. I wrote a page on my site
http://www.a-body-for-living.com/client-centered-philosophy.html
that addresses the very issue you bring up regarding empathy, and much of the page is based on the works of Carl Rodgers.

I think to get into the swing of emapthy as Dr. Rogers views it, one must embrace and LIVE the concepts of Humanism. Personally, I view that Man/Woman is good and that everyone has potential to be reached. I take on the idea that there are no bad people, only people who make bad decisions. If I take on this attitude, it is only then that I can enter a state of empathy for my clients,and then the real healing begins.

The concept of Humanism will rub many in the wrong way. It is in conflict with some religious doctrine. (i.e. Man is evil by nature). With that premise I would find it difficult to find feelings of empathy for many of my clients.

Some hate the words of Carl Rodgers and assert his writings are the work of the devil. Personnally I think not, but this may be a stumbling block for many trying foster an attitude of empathy in any healing profession.

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