Fall 2025 SOWK 530 Week 12 - Additive Empathetic Responding

A presentation at Heritage University in November 2025 by Jacob Campbell and is tagged with Heritage University, MSW Program, SOWK 530

A presentation slide with a yellow oval displays the text 'Additive Empathetic Responding.' Below, it reads: 'Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University, Fall 2025 Week 12 SOWK 530.'

Slide displays text under 'Agenda' and 'Learning Objectives.' Agenda: 'Week 12 expectations,' 'Additive empathy and interpretation.' Objectives: 'Identify and apply additive empathy components.' Bold text reads 'Plan for Week 12.'

Slide detailing 'Week 12 Activities' features a list of tasks, including reading Chapter 17, participating in forums, creating handouts, and practicing confrontation skills using Reddit.

Boxes labeled 'Emotional Empathy' and 'Cognitive Empathy' describe empathy types. Emotional Empathy is the feeling and understanding of clients' emotions. Cognitive Empathy translates these feelings into words.

A diagram showing 'Components of Empathy' with three parts: Affective Sharing, Self-Awareness, and Mental Flexibility, illustrating empathic responding. Text includes aspects like recognition and skills in receptivity.

Two simple human figures stand on blocks labeled 'What the client knows about themselves' and 'Additive Empathic Responses & Interpretation.' Dotted arcs connect them, labeled 'Simple Reflection' and 'Going Beyond.' Text explains interpretation helps broaden clients' perspectives (Hepworth, et al. 2023).

Slide displays text discussing 'Pitfalls of Additive Empathy' with lists on moderate versus deep interpretations. Green background with a simple tree graphics at the bottom, resembling a forest scene.

**Slide:** Title reads 'Ways of Using Additive Empathy.' A bullet point for 'Deeper feelings' introduces a pink box listing five ways to identify and clarify feelings, with a citation '(Hepworth, et al. 2023).'

The slide lists ways of using additive empathy, emphasizing deeper feelings, underlying meanings, wants, hidden purposes, challenging beliefs, and unrealized strengths. It is part of a presentation. (Hepworth, et al. 2023)

Dr. Jacob Campbell

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Week 12 focuses on advancing clinical insight and client change through the use of additive empathy, interpretation, and confrontation. It is an asynchronous week. The reading from Hepworth et al. (2023) and the lecture content guide students in understanding when and how to use these tools effectively and ethically. The agenda for the lecture video includes:

Week 12 expectations
Additive empathy and interpretation

Some of the learning objectives for the week include

Identify and apply the components of additive empathy and interpretive responses in client interactions.
Define and differentiate surface empathy, additive empathy, and interpretation in the context of direct social work practice.
Apply additive empathic responses and interpretive skills to client narratives, demonstrating increased clinical insight.
Analyze the role of ethical confrontation in client change and practice assertive confrontation using a structured four-part model.
Create visual or written tools (e.g., handouts, infographics) to communicate core concepts for peer and client education.

Fall 2025 SOWK 530 Week 12 - Additive Empathetic Responding

Dr. Jacob Campbell

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