Understanding the patient's feelings and viewing the world as the patient does describes:

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Empathy involves understanding and sharing the feelings of others, which includes seeing things from their perspective. Sympathy involves acknowledging someone's suffering but not necessarily understanding their feelings, positive regard is having a positive attitude towards someone, and congruence is consistency between a therapist's thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Understanding the Patient's Feelings and Viewing the World as the Patient