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See, feel and respond: Master empathy and compassion through affective mentalizing. In this course you will explore the following five topics: 1. Advancing from basic to affective mentalizing 2. Empathy and compassion guided by affective mentalizing 3. Using emotional and cognitive empathy in practice 4. Managing empathic distress, empathy fatigue and compassion fatigue 5. Practicing other- and self-compassion By the end of this course, you will be able to: · Understand how to progress from basic mentalizing to affective mentalizing, and recognize when to apply each level · Maintain mentalizing abilities even in emotionally intense or challenging circumstances · Help others who are struggling with affective mentalizing difficulties · Integrate empathy and compassion into real-life interactions to improve relationships and promote well-being · Employ both emotional and cognitive empathy, and flexibly switch between these modes depending on the situation · Mentalize about the needs of others and provide appropriate empathic and compassionate responses · Apply self-compassion to reduce empathic distress and to avoid negative self-focus · Recognize, prevent and address empathy fatigue and compassion fatigue in yourself and others The components that guide your learning: 2 Videos 1 Theory exercise (learning retention) 2 Preparation exercises (establishing a baseline) 3 Observation exercises 2 Practice exercises 2 Evaluation exercises (assessing your learning progress) Your time commitment for the course: · The course takes about 9 hours to complete, but you can go at your own pace. · You will have access to the course for 12 months from the date you enroll, so there’s plenty of time to learn, practice, and revisit the material.