Empathy Takes Action
An Autistic Therapist on the Radical Work of Connection
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In Empathy Takes Action, Aimee Cliff—an autistic psychotherapist—challenges stereotypes that some people cannot empathize and reframes empathy as a deliberate practice rather than an innate trait.
Drawing on research, clinical experience, and interviews with neurodivergent people, she defines five pillars of empathy: humble, embodied, amoral, radical, and work.
Cliff examines how power, positionality, and social systems shape relationships and offers guidance for more inclusive, anti-oppressive empathetic practices.
The book emphasizes communication, bodily attunement, and ongoing effort to bridge differences and strengthen communities.
It aims to make empathy accessible to all and to shift cultural assumptions about who can be empathetic.
Drawing on research, clinical experience, and interviews with neurodivergent people, she defines five pillars of empathy: humble, embodied, amoral, radical, and work.
Cliff examines how power, positionality, and social systems shape relationships and offers guidance for more inclusive, anti-oppressive empathetic practices.
The book emphasizes communication, bodily attunement, and ongoing effort to bridge differences and strengthen communities.
It aims to make empathy accessible to all and to shift cultural assumptions about who can be empathetic.
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Empathy Takes Action: An Autistic Therapist on the Radical Work of Connection
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Empathy Takes Action: An Autistic Therapist on the Radical Work of Connection
