Empathic Resonance

From Empathy to Compassion

By Fleet Maull

JUN 14, 2019

"Our capacity to feel what others are feeling is sometimes referred to as resonating with them. Resonance as a scientific term describes how vibrating systems impact one another in terms of the amplitude and frequency of oscillations and how one system can become entrained with another"

Related: Double-Edged Empathy

"Psychotherapists use the term empathic resonance to describe a therapist’s ability to provide a client with the experience of being seen and understood. In psychiatrist Daniel Siegel’s words, the client feels felt, an experience that has tremendous potential for fostering healing and improved integration of brain function.""