Banter plus empathy equals Bempathy
About this episode
Shirley Rooker speaks with Jill Robin Payne about using banter and empathy to reduce tensions in conversations.
Host Shirley Rooker speaks with Jill Robin Payne, psychotherapist and author, who discusses ways to reduce tensions in intensive conversations by using banter with empathy. Banter is a useful in defusing a situation. In addition, if empathy is carried too far it can lead to what one author calls suicidal empathy where emotions take over good judgment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
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