Just returned from facilitating a lovely session on empathy and I was really reminded of the power and potential of this way of being with others. There also seemed to be a new awareness for the learners about the possibilities that might arise if you really try to understand what somebody else is experiencing from their frame of reference.
During this session I was also reminded of how it was when I was first learning about empathic understanding and how I am still working at being more effective in my responding in every intervention with every client. It is an on ging process that represent real challenges and can also be so rewarding.
I always find the difficulty for me in facilitating training session around person-centred conditions is separating out the conditions into discrete components when I am so used to experiencing and providing them as a more cohesive whole.
The course now seems to be entering an exciting phrase where each session hopefully builds on the last and we are beginning to discover the full potential of what we can offer when we bring aspects of the Person-Centred Approach together to the benefit of others we are working with.
