Modifies a noun

• listening: RATIONALE This exercise focuses on empathetic listening by having students explore its opposite.

• understanding: For the same reason, there is also evidence of empathetic understanding.

• approach: His passion and concern coupled with an empathetic approach has made Nick a great favorite with the patients.

• way: The teacher or trainer has to work with the learner in a constructive, empathetic way.

• relationship: He felt that the secret lay in the empathetic relationship which Mr Graham achieved with his informants.

• response: To some extent, communication skills training facilitate the learning of empathetic appropriate responses in patient interactions.

Modifying Another Word

• very: So he mixes a steely determination and focus in a very empathetic and collaborative way, " she says.

• so: But they are so empathetic that they can branch out into other skills, such as anthropology, and do them as well.

• extremely: Maguire has made Peter Parker an extremely empathetic character.

• genuinely: A plot so juicy you could call it a melon and genuinely empathetic characterisation.

• deeply: Joanna Cannan succeeds in making her readers not just sympathetic to Patricia's plight, but deeply empathetic too.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: Not having to explain and feeling empathetic with the other person or group helps to cement a sense of belonging.

• become: The interaction between music and the listener is an involved one, whereby the listener becomes empathetic to the sounds he is hearing.