Sentences with phrase «empathy and understanding of»

I thought this book had some gems, with some sections that were really great in teaching empathy and understanding of the unique issues that children who may have traumatic histories are experiencing.

When a client in this situation discusses their dilemma in group or they are in a conflict in group, they receive empathy and an understanding of how to handle conflict safely.

As a therapist and as a professor, it has also deepened my empathy and understanding of the pain my clients often suffer, as well as the experiences of my students who are also children of divorce.

I have experience working with all ages, and stages of life; with individuals, couples, and families.With this experience I have developed a great empathy and understanding of those in distress.»

Sometimes helping one member of the couple have empathy and understanding of the other's language can help resolve couples issues.

[I] saw so many difficult issues within the district: lack of quality teaching, lack of leadership in buildings, lack of empathy and understanding of the children, [and] the lack of access to services that would have made high - performing teachers really be able to deliver the promise for kids.

Developing pupils empathy and understanding of the atrocities that happened during the second world war.

At the helm of classrooms, they can teach empathy and understanding of another person's point of view and set critical examples for students.

Develops pupil empathy and understanding of what it is to be worshipped and expectations of worshippers / fan.

Adding to the buzz is the director's spectacular roll, having released movies that show an uncommon empathy and understanding of his female characters.

As listeners hear the «other» viewpoints, we hope to awaken empathy and understanding of how we are inextricably and permanently interconnected.

However, teens in both cultures did better and felt better when they were free to express their views, their feelings, and even their criticisms — and when they received empathy and an understanding of their different perspective from their parents.

Reading novels can improve empathy and understanding of social cues, allowing a leader to better work with and understand others — traits that author Anne Kreamer persuasively linked to increased organizational effectiveness, and to pay raises and promotions for the leaders who possessed these qualities.

Not exact matches

In other words, you value friendliness and empathy, even when you're just getting your oil changed... Above all else, always be nice, and make an effort to understand and empathize with your buyers» and sellers» points of view.»

They're realizing that empathy ensures all employees — across the spectrum of physical ability, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, relationship status, financial standing, etc. — have a voice, are understood and are given equal opportunities to participate in everything from company decisions to company events.

They must also have a strong understanding of customers» needs and empathy for patients.

Soussan admits this type is a bit of a rare bird in her experience, but she has occasionally come across a founder whose core skill is a mix of «communication, empathy (social intelligence, understanding the other) and inspiration.»

There's also cognitive empathy, which is the ability to understand and analyze the feelings of others but not feel them yourself.

Through empathy and understanding, she's imparted inspiration and strength to not only her Harry Potter fans, but to the rest of the world as well (just take a look at her Twitter account).

I didn't see it at the time, mostly because I lacked empathy and couldn't understand her point of view, but she was definitely giving me an opportunity to adjust my tactics and become a better leader.

Such jobs will require some basic level of understanding of the new technology, but also human judgement and empathy to both guide it and explain it to those it affects.

Oxford defines empathy as «the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.»

A lot of the founding principles of Facebook are that if people have access to more information and are more connected, it will make the world better; people will have more understanding, more empathy.

There is this moment when they understand the behaviors and habits needed to succeed, such as the importance of empathy, empowerment and intellectual curiosity.

By showing them you understand their needs and by talking to them in a way they can understand and a sense of empathy that builds trust, that next phase should be easier to reach.

You know, all of those are things where human empathy and understanding are still very, very unique.

Openness asks that we eliminate biases, empathy demands that we push for a more genuine understanding of one another, and generosity requires that we perform an actual act of kindness.»

No one understands the business imperative of creating meaningful experiences better than Brian Solis, futurist and author of X: The Experience When Business Meets Design... Solis defines empathy — the ability to understand and share another person's feelings — as the secret ingredient in creating meaningful experiences.

«It is one of the fastest growing software companies we've ever seen, which is a testament to Shoaib's, Obaid's, and Ryan's vision, deep understanding of a market and customer empathy, and building to scale.»

Apologies are about empathy, about showing that you understand how the customer feels, and about feeling genuinely sorry that they feel that way or are having trouble, regardless of who caused it.

When a death occurs the pastor ascertains the emotional state of the bereaved not through cross-questioning but rather through empathy and understanding.

While I have tried to describe rather carefully the pastoral role of a clergyman working in a mental health center as contrasted to that of a parish pastor, I think it is important that some aspects of his pastoral role be maintained diligently — his openness to all levels of pastoral conversation, his availability at all times, his understanding of and empathy with the deep yearnings of people for a sense of purpose and meaning in life, forgiveness, moral clarity, the sense of the holy, and the importance of confidentiality and continuity in relationships.

Both the universal need for empathy and the slighting of it in the Christian tradition can be seen in the way that we have understood God.

The listener offers this wider perspective to her not by presenting it to her in the form of advice or information but rather by eliciting it from her by means of empathy and understanding.

Just like knowing the diversity of people's beliefs today can foster understanding, communication and empathy between persons.

I don't bother with many other comment sections on the internet, so if she wants to explain to me how a complete lack of proof led her in one of the worst possible directions or how her lack of understanding of morals and ethics lead her to choose the most criminal of religious cults to join..., then that would be great and I'm sure we could all enjoy picking apart her arguments for her «conversion» to those of us who know the difference between reason, logic, common sense, and ethics and morals and empathy and sympathy... as I would guess she doesn't give a crap anyway I doubt she'll show up here.

Nussbaum is not at all afraid of speaking in the classic terms of liberal earnestness: she celebrates «the value of humanity as an end in itself,» she encourages empathy and understanding, broad - mindedness, toleration.

Love, which I define as the desire to help another person grow and flourish, requires building blocks of understanding, empathy, acceptance, kindness, and generosity.

A family of Christian people is sustained by the bonds of affection that transform it into a community of compassion... A family shaped by Christian principles is therefore not only a place of empathy where each one seeks to understand and honor the uniqueness of the other: it is a compassionate community of people who suffer with one another.8

Obviously it's ridiculous — atheists have very good morals because of an emphasis on empathy, and a lot of our philosophy is based on the knowledge that this is our one and only life so you'd better live it right, but I can understand why it's incredibly disturbing to someone who literally can not imagine life without religious belief.

(Dermot Lane remarks: «It is difficult for us today to understand a love that is not capable of some form of empathy, sympathy and suffering.

Whereas in Schleiermacher and Dilthey «interpretation» means Verstehen understood as a kind of empathy with the writer, Ricoeur is in search of a theory of interpretation in which «understanding» seeks help in objective «explanation» and returns deepened and enlarged.

Thus, the cultivation of the virtues of empathy, compassion, sensitivity, receptivity, responsiveness and integrity are crucial in the development of a process understanding of character.

He inherited self control, ability and nobility from his father and sound human understanding, compassion, empathy, concern for the oppressed and consistent will power for the cause of the marginalized from his mother.

The presence of a significant degree of these characteristics indicates that a person probably is a natural growth facilitator: warm caring, nonphoneyness, robust esteem (of oneself and therefore of others), accurate understanding (empathy), nonmanipulative outgoingness, and honest acceptance of others — the ability to listen and speak the truth in love.

While there is real truth in bringing everything in prayer before the Lord, this kind of cliché rhetoric, if used void of empathy and understanding, can cause more harm than healing.

One of the most important elements of doula work is in understanding what empathy is and how to practice it.

Parents should work to instill empathy and help the child understand the power of words and actions.

«They're not developmentally capable of understanding empathy,» says Jane Nelsen, a child therapist and co-author of Positive Discipline for Preschoolers.

«Adoption is having a deep and honest understand of empathy, compassion and thankfulness.»