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Why are empathy and compassion so important in therapeutic services?

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Expressing empathy is effective and powerful which builds patient trust, calms anxiety, and improves health outcomes. Research has shown empathy and compassion to be associated with better adherence to medications, decreased malpractice cases, fewer mistakes, and increased patient satisfaction
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because the person needs to feel understood if they cannot risk an angry outburst or no longer trust the therapist.

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