Understanding Empathy
Empathy is the art of seeing the world as someone else sees it. When you have empathy, you can understand what a person is feeling in a given moment, and understand why their actions make sense to them.
Empathy is a core component of emotional intelligence. It helps us to communicate our ideas in a way that makes sense to others, and it helps us understand others when they communicate with us. Empathy is one of the key building blocks of great social interaction.
But how do you get empathy?
- How do you understand what someone else is feeling if that isn’t happening automatically?
- How can you work with emotions more effectively?
A lot is talked about regarding empathy, but there is very little practical support to help you to understand empathy and help you to develop your skills in empathy.
By completing this course, you will be able to
- Define empathy
- Recognise the intelligence in empathy
- Describe the way the brain works and how it works with thinking and empathy
- Describe ways to demonstrate empathy
- Identify empathy through non-verbal signals and body language
- Explain the importance of listening in empathy and how to develop your listening skills
- Develop ways that you can increase your empathy
There is a practical activity within the course that will help you to identify emotions and meaning in others through non-verbal communication. This will help you understand the impact that emotions have on other people, the way they are expressed and how this drives their reaction to events. Completing this, is a practical way to understand and grow your empathy and build your confidence in developing your interpersonal skills.
Why choose Edplx?
- Internationally recognised accredited qualification
- Access to our free career advisors
- Approved UK Learning Centre
- 1 year accessibility to the course
- Attain PDF or hardcopy certificate to show employers
- Study at your own pace anywhere
- Employer has access to certificate validation
- Tutor Support available Monday-Friday
- Invitation to job fairs
Course Curriculum
This course will cover some of the following topics:-
UNDERSTANDING EMPATHY
- Introduction
- Understanding Empathy – Learning Outcomes
- Definition of Empathy 03 min
- Empathy and Sympathy – The Intelligence in Empathy
- Basic Anatomy of the Brain
- The Way the Brain Works
- The Way the Brain Works with Thinking
- The Way the Brain Works with Empathy
- The Neuroscience of Empathy
- Ways of Demonstrating Empathy
- The Messages in Non-Verbal Signals
- Interpreting Some Non-Verbal Signals
- Three Types of Empathy
- Some Difficulties Interpreting Expression of Emotion
- PDF: Lightbulb Moments – Understanding Emotions
- Empathetic, Active Listening
- Understanding and Developing Empathy
- Ways to Develop Empathy
- PDF: Developing Empathy
- Empathy Review
Course Features
- Lectures 20
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 1h 08m
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 359
- Certificate No
- Assessments Yes
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Understanding Empathy
- Introduction
- Understanding Empathy – Learning Outcomes
- Definition of Empathy
- Empathy and Sympathy – The Intelligence in Empathy
- Basic Anatomy of the Brain
- The Way the Brain Works
- The Way the Brain Works with Thinking
- The Way the Brain Works with Empathy
- The Neuroscience of Empathy
- Ways of Demonstrating Empathy
- The Messages in Non-Verbal Signals
- Interpreting Some Non-Verbal Signals
- Three Types of Empathy
- Some Difficulties Interpreting Expression of Emotion
- PDF: Lightbulb Moments – Understanding Emotions
- Empathetic, Active Listening
- Understanding and Developing Empathy
- Ways to Develop Empathy
- PDF: Developing Empathy
- Empathy Review
