Have you ever had someone acknowledge and reflect back to you what you’re feeling so perfectly that it made you tear up? Has someone ever taken the time to sit with you quietly in your grief and just hold your hand?Have you ever told someone…

Mark Zuckerberg has just announced Facebook’s latest innovation: the introduction of an “empathy” button as an alternative to the thumbs-up “Like” icon that accompanies every post. The plan, he says, is to c…

I am obsessed with the conviction that our human race is devolving because we are losing our capacity for empathy. And I am not alone in believing that is the root of all of the evil in this world.(On the other hand, there is increasing research that i…

Social workers with high levels of empathy for their clients are more at risk of burning out, particularly if they are unable to manage their emotions and reflect on their practice effectively, research reveals. Findings from a…