Empathic Understanding: Discovering Your Gift as an Empathic Therapist

In this course, therapist and educator Dr. Jason Branch, Ph.D., introduces the concept of the empathic therapist and explores how heightened emotional sensitivity can shape clinical work, therapeutic attunement, and professional wellbeing. He distinguishes empathy from being empathic, examines the common traits and risks associated with emotional absorption, and offers practical guidance for recognising overload, setting boundaries, grounding between sessions, and developing sustainable daily self-care practices. The course is especially relevant if you often feel deeply affected by clients' emotional material and want to convert that sensitivity into an intentional, ethically grounded therapeutic strength.