People basic empathic needs

A component of empathy is figuring out what drives other people. Everyone has needs that are unique to them, but most people share a basic set of empathic needs:

• be liked;
• be respected;
• feel like they are important to their friends and family;
• spend at least dome time being social for its own sake;
• be kept in loop about what their close friends and family are up to;
• feel like the things they have to say are interesting or entertaining;
• feel appreciated and acknowledged for the things they do for others;
• feel like their thoughts, emotions and actions are healthy, reasonable and normal;
• feel understood and supported when they are going through a tough time;
• be given the benefit of the doubt when they screw up;
• not be embarrassed or have their flaws or failures thrown in their face;
• feel accomplished.

Once you start considering these basic need, your interactions with others will improve.

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Reference:


The social skills guidebook, by Chris MacLeod, M S W