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Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
2015. Vol. 23, no. 5, 235–256
doi:10.17759/cpp.2015230511
ISSN: 2075-3470 / 2311-9446 (online)

Professionalization of Empathy: Problem Statement

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T.D. Karyagina

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Abstract

The article problematizes the vision of empathy in the context of helping professions. Empathy is seen as the higher psychic function and as an ability. The working model of empathy as an ability, which is based on the methodological principles of the Russian tradition of the research and development of abilities is proposed (V.D. Shadrikov). The specificity of empathy in helping professional’s activities and existing methods of «professional empathy» development are analyzed. The empathy professionalization concept as a necessary interconnected development of motivational, operational and functional components of the empathic abilities with regard to the conditions and requirements of a particular profession is substantiated.

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Keywords: empathy, empathy development, the helping motivation, abilities, higher psychic function, professional development, professional abilities, «helping» professions, «socionomic» professions

Journal rubric: Theory and Methodology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2015230511

For citation: Karyagina T.D. Professionalization of Empathy: Problem Statement. Konsul'tativnaya psikhologiya i psikhoterapiya = Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy, 2015. Vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 235–256. DOI: 10.17759/cpp.2015230511. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Tatyana D. Karyagina, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor of the Department of Individual and Group Psychotherapy, Faculty of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, online-school "Psychodemia", Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1999-0839, e-mail: kartan18@gmail.com

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