Empathy:
A. Is the ability to understand the intentions, desires and beliefs of another person resulting from cognitive reasoning about the other person’s state
B. Is the ability to experience sympathy toward a client’s plight
C. Is the ability to put oneself in the other person’s shoes
D. Is the ability to imagine what it is like to be the other person in their shoes and then shifting back to oneself to think about the other person’s experience
ANS: D
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