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Scenario

Why professional compassion doesn't extend to self

I can sit with other people's pain as a therapist but I cannot tolerate my own sadness for more than five minutes

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Occupational empathy operates through different mechanisms than the vulnerable self-acceptance required for personal emotional integration.

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Patan
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Bloom's Taxonomy and levels of understanding?”

Peri

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