Which of the following does not reflect an aspect of empathy?
A)Empathy is a commitment to work at understanding each client from his or her point of view together with the feelings surrounding this point of view and to communicate this understanding whenever it is deemed helpful.
B)Empathy is a commitment to understand individuals in and through the context of their lives.
C)Empathy is a commitment to bring the client's values in line with the helper's to achieve clinical goals
D)Empathy is a commitment to understand the dissonance between the client's point of view and reality.

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Empathy is not about imposing one's own values on the client, but rather understanding and respecting the client's values and perspective. Choice C suggests bringing the client's values in line with the helper's, which goes against the principle of empathy.

Which of the Following Does Not Reflect an Aspect of Empathy