A Rumor of Empathy Australian schools It is essential reading for

It is essential reading for all secondary school educators

The theoretical assumptions underpinning gestalt therapy

while simultaneously highlighting areas of study ripe for future research

including compassion-focused and psychoanalytic approaches

and the devastating force of emotional trauma

A Rumor of Empathy Australian schools It is essential reading forEmpathy is an essential component of the psychoanalyst's ability to listen and treat their patients. It is key to the achievement of therapeutic understanding and change. A Rumour of Empathy explores the psychodynamic resistances to empathy, from the analyst themselves, the patient, from wider culture, and seeks to explore those factors which represent resistance to empathic engagement, and to show how these can be overcome in the psychoanalytic