ABSTRACT

Despite empathy’s centrality, there is a paucity of research on empathy development in counselor education. This study extends work which calls for counselor educators to promote the role of empathy in counselor training. The present study recruited a sample of 64 graduate students to participate in an online, short-term empathy development workshop to examine its impact on empathy and other salient variables including attachment, wellbeing, self-esteem, narcissism, emotional intelligence, and mindfulness. The researchers used t-tests to analyze pre-posttest differences in the constructs, and thematic analysis and the consensual qualitative approach to evaluate open-ended survey responses to understand the impact of the short-term online empathy training on participants. Results indicated statistically significant changes in attachment-related avoidance and trait empathy. Implications for counselor educators future researchers are explored, and counselor educators are called to continue to refine and make accessible empathy training for counselors in training.

摘要

尽管同理心处于中心地位，但关于辅导员教育中同理心发展的研究却很少。这项研究扩展了工作，呼吁辅导员教育者促进同理心在辅导员培训中的作用。本研究招募了 64 名研究生样本参加在线短期同理心发展研讨会，以检验其对同理心和其他显着变量（包括依恋、幸福感、自尊、自恋、情商和正念）的影响。研究人员使用 t 检验来分析结构中的前后测试差异，并使用主题分析和共识定性方法来评估开放式调查响应，以了解短期在线同理心培训对参与者的影响。结果表明，与依恋相关的回避和特质同理心发生了统计学上的显着变化。探讨了对辅导员教育者未来研究人员的影响，并呼吁辅导员教育者继续完善并为辅导员提供可访问的同理心培训培训。