Ecpathy

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Ecpathy is a new concept, complementary of empathy, that allows appropriate

dealing of induced feelings and emotional contagion. Empathy is “the action of

understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the

feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having

the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit

manner“ (Webster). As such, empathy is considered a most useful tool in psychology

and medicine. The capacity of being empathic is regarded as a basic ability for human

understanding. The converse of empathy is Ecpathy, a volontary mental process of

actively excluding feelings, attitudes, thoughts and motivations induced by others. The

development of ecpathic abilities is most useful for dealing with projective

identification, both in clinical and extraclinical situations, and for preventing the

influence of emotional manipulation and emotional contagion.

Empathy. Ecpathy. Emotional contagion. Feelings. Mood. Projective identification.

Manipulation.