Compassionate Empathy

Compassionate Empathy

Also know as empathic concern.

Compassion versus empathy: what’s the difference?
Compassion and empathy are fundamentally different but closely related. Consider these definitions:

• Empathy definition: empathy is our feeling of awareness toward other people's emotions and an attempt to understand how they feel.

• Compassion definition: compassion is an emotional response to empathy or sympathy and creates a desire to help.