Empathy training programs that include practice and feedback tend to be most effective. Experiences such as travel, learning sign language, and pet ownership may also train empathy. There are no ...

For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too narrowly – ...

In short, the vast majority of things we call empathy do not cause burnout, they actually help protect against it. So for ...