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Lomis, Marsha J.; Baker, Linda L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1985
Assessed the usefulness of a microtraining package for developing empathic communication skills of peer counselors (N=16) in a therapeutic community of forensic psychiatric patients. Patients were assigned to the skills (empathy training) group, or the attention group, where they viewed counseling films. The skills group gained greater counseling…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Empathy, Foreign Countries, Patients