Evaluation Of A Patient With Post Traumatic Stress...

Empathy Have you ever felt severe anger, outrage, or upset as a result of listening to your friend tell you a story about something that happened to them? Putting yourself into someone else’s shoes and feelings the emotions that they feel or felt in a moment they are now telling you about is a fairly good example of experiencing empathy. Connecting with others on an emotional level is very important for us to do as human beings. Empathy is important whether it be through music, education, from a therapist, or in our everyday lives. First, a summary on the article â€Å"SIS Symbols of PTSD the Need for Empathy in Therapy.† This article outlines a clinical assessment of a patient with post-traumatic stress disorder using Somatic Inkblot Series for assessment. The article breaks down this woman’s past and the Content Analysis of her SIS Projective Assessment. The article also expresses the need for empathy in therapy. This goes for both the patient and the clinicia n. The writer makes it clear that empathetic interaction may optimize results of these procedures and assessments, therefore making the recovery process easier. However, the clinician can being to develop â€Å"secondhand traumatization† (Brock et al 8). This is more common with situations such as the one outlined here. Basically, the rest of the article describes the type of reactions a clinician might have to sharing in the same trauma with the patient. This effect makes the relationship toxic and it is in their best