Empathy

Yesterday I learned that empathy was quite different from sympathy. When I read empathy, I immediately recalled the fameous consultant, Carl Rogers. He emphasized three conditions to be a consultant, as congruence, empathy, and unconditional positive regard. Since I was learning English, I memorized without Chinese. One must possess empathy, so he can have better understanding of one's client. As sympathy, one however shouldn't let it go within his mind, otherwise one couldn't take a good judge of the situation of his client. It might looks confused at first, but it is better you see it through as the way it should be. Hee!