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It seems thatbeginning counselors project their personal empathic manifestations on to theprofessional empathy.We found negative correlations between working experience and personalempathy level and positive correlations between working experience and17professional empathy level in experienced counselors (group 2). Length ofprofessional practice correlates with «Perspective taking» (IRI) (r = -,531**; p =,002) and «Understanding feelings/inner experience» (TES) (r = ,443*; p =,013).
Thus, working experience don't contribute to manifestations of empathyin personal life of experienced psychotherapists; the longer the workingexperience is, the less they tend to put themselves at the other’s place and toprovide empathic care. At the same time, working experience is beneficial toprofessional understanding of other’s feelings.We found positive correlations between age of subjects and a number ofprofessional empathy characteristics in experienced group: age of experiencesprofessionals correlates with «Understanding feelings/inner experience» (TES)(r = ,459**; p = ,009) and «Nominative aspect of empathy» (SAE) (r = ,401*; p =,025).
Thus, age "works for" professional empathy within experiencedcounselors.We found no correlation between age and personal empathy level ingroup 1, just as in group 2.The group of experienced counsellors shows negative correlation betweenpersonal and professional empathy. «Fantasy» (IRI) correlates with «Respect»from observer's perspective (BLRI) (r = -,472**; p = ,007), «Attuned to client’sinner world» (TES) (r = -,406*; p = ,024), «General empathy level in atherapeutic session» according to Rogers-Truax empathy scale (r = -,358*; p =,048).Therefore, "a tendency to imaginary transfer oneself to emotions and actsof fiction characters from books, movies and plays" is negatively correlated to aprofessional empathy; in particular the more empathic therapist is the less he ispredisposed to connect with emotional world of artificial characters.Real life of real people is above and beyond to psychotherapists withgreat working experience to empathize with.High levels of professional empathy can be assign to the lack of energy inprivate life of therapists, which is not enough to extent sympathy and empathizeothers; empathy then comes through relationship with clients.18Conclusions:1.
We underpinned an importance of considering empathy as personaltrait and professional quality of a counseling psychotherapist, asempathy gets an activity character in this profession.2. Through the analysis of literature, we formed an opinion on twotypes of empathy; basing on this opinion, we found techniquessatisfying aims of study. We used the most sustainable methods forthe assessment by reference to modern researches of empathy.3. Comparative analysis of the severity of empathy as a personalitytrait of counseling psychologists with different length ofprofessional experience showed no significant differences, exceptfor a much more pronounced intention of beginning counselingpsychologists to get into the inner world of characters of art works.4.
Comparative study of professional empathy of counselingpsychologists with various working experience demonstratedsignificant difference in all aspects of empathy between group 1and 2. Thus, empathy as professional characteristic is expressed ona far more high level in experienced psychologists (according tocounselors themselves, clients, observers and experts).5. Correlations between the length of professional experience, age andfeatures of manifestation of empathy of counseling psychologistswere revealed:• Positive correlations between the the length of professional experienceand indicators of empathy as a personality trait and empathy as aprofessional quality were revealed in the group of beginning specialists;the experience of experienced specialists is positively correlated withempathy as a professional quality and is negatively associated withempathy as a personal trait• Age of novice counselors is negatively correlated with empathy as aprofessional quality and does not correlate with empathy as a personalitytrait; the age of experienced professionals is positively correlated with19empathy as a professional quality, correlations with empathy as apersonality trait are not revealed• Some indicators of empathy as a personality trait in the group of novicepractitioners are positively correlated with their own assessment ofempathy as a professional quality; in experienced professionals, empathyas a personality trait is correlated with empathy as a professional qualitynegatively.Substantive features of this dissertation are reflected in the followingpublications:1.
Sizikova M. Paradoxical Findings Regarding Therapist Empathy Basedon Length of Professional Experience / M. Sizikova, V. Goussakovski //Transactional Analysis Journal. – 2017. – Vol. 47. – №. 2. – P. 112-125.2. Sizikova M. Empathy as a Fundamental Dimention of a CounsellingPsychologist's work / M. Sizikova // Society: Sociology, Psychology,Pedagogics. – 2016. – №. 9. – P. 28-31.3. Sizikova M.
Percularities of On-the-job Self-actualization of CounsellingPsychologist's // Acmeology. – 2016. – №. 4. – P. 47-52.4. Sizikova M. Empathy as a personal quality of Counselling Psychologist'swith Different Length of Professional Experience // National Health. –2018.–№.1.-URL:http://www.national-zdorov.ru/userfiles/file/yyxlgxpjmtaen7wvugsmys2tu9ryuz5l.pdf20.