Description
Empathy is profoundly important for understanding people's feelings and behaviour. It is not only an essential skill in conducting successful personal and working relationships, it also helps us understand what makes people moral and societies decent.
With this compelling book, David Howe invites the reader on an illuminating journey of discovery into how empathy was first conceptualised and how its influence has steadily risen and spread. He captures the growing significance of empathy to many fields, from evolutionary psychology and brain science to moral philosophy and mental health. In doing so, he eloquently explains its importance to child development, intimate relationships, therapy, the creative arts, neurology and ethics.
Written with light touch, this is an authoritative and insightful guide to empathy, its importance, why we have it and how it develops. It offers an invaluable introduction for readers everywhere, including those studying or working in psychology, counselling, psychotherapy, social work, health, nursing and education.
Author: David Howe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 11/19/2012
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781137276421
ISBN10: 1137276428
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Applied Psychology
- Psychology | Emotions
- Psychology | Psychotherapy | Couples & Family
With this compelling book, David Howe invites the reader on an illuminating journey of discovery into how empathy was first conceptualised and how its influence has steadily risen and spread. He captures the growing significance of empathy to many fields, from evolutionary psychology and brain science to moral philosophy and mental health. In doing so, he eloquently explains its importance to child development, intimate relationships, therapy, the creative arts, neurology and ethics.
Written with light touch, this is an authoritative and insightful guide to empathy, its importance, why we have it and how it develops. It offers an invaluable introduction for readers everywhere, including those studying or working in psychology, counselling, psychotherapy, social work, health, nursing and education.
Author: David Howe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 11/19/2012
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781137276421
ISBN10: 1137276428
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Applied Psychology
- Psychology | Emotions
- Psychology | Psychotherapy | Couples & Family
About the Author
DAVID HOWE OBE is currently an Emeritus Professor in the School of Social Work and Psychology at UEA. His research and writing interests span social work theory, adoption, emotional intelligence, attachment theory, and child abuse and neglect. To date, he has written 17 books, many of them regarded as best-sellers.
DAVID HOWE OBE is currently an Emeritus Professor in the School of Social Work and Psychology at UEA. His research and writing interests span social work theory, adoption, emotional intelligence, attachment theory, and child abuse and neglect. To date, he has written 17 books, many of them regarded as best-sellers.