Douglas Flemons, PhD, is professor emeritus at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) and an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy clinical fellow and approved supervisor. He directed a family therapy training clinic for 5 years and created and directed the NSU Student Counseling Center for another 6 years. Douglas has authored five other books and 60 articles and book chapters that develop and illuminate systemic approaches to learning and practicing brief therapy, clinical hypnosis, supervision, suicide assessment, academic writing, and qualitative research. He and his wife, with whom he coedited a handbook on brief sex therapy, live in Asheville, NC.
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Introduction: The Process of Empathy Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Invention, Evolution, and Differentiation of Empathy Chapter 2. Developing Empathic Curiosity Chapter 3. Practicing Therapist Self-Care Chapter 4. Orienting Empathically to Clients Chapter 5. Skills of Empathic Engagement Epilogue: Leave-Taking References Index About the Author