The Empathy Effect
Seven Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences
Will be published approx. on 15. December 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-64963-124-4 (ISBN)
Description
Empathy is undergoing a new evolution. In a global and interconnected culture, we can no longer afford to identify only with people who seem to be a part of our "tribe." As Dr. Helen Riess has learned, our capacity for empathy is not just an innate trait - it is also a skill that we can learn and expand. With The Empathy Effect, Dr. Riess presents a definitive resource on empathy: the science behind how it works, new research on how empathy develops from birth to adulthood, and tools for building your capacity to create authentic emotional connection with others in any situation.
Dr. Riess emerged as a leading researcher on empathy by creating a breakthrough training curriculum now used internationally in health care, law enforcement, business, and education. Drawing from this successful program and the latest science, she presents the E.M.P.A.T.H.Y. (R) method - a powerful seven-step system for understanding and increasing empathy, starting with Eye Contact and ending with Your Reaction.
"Nourishing empathy lets us help not just ourselves," says Dr. Riess, "but also everyone we interact with, whether for a moment or a lifetime." This paperback edition of The Empathy Effect will introduce you to methods that can revolutionise the way you understand yourself, relate to your loved ones, and connect to every person in your life.
Dr. Riess emerged as a leading researcher on empathy by creating a breakthrough training curriculum now used internationally in health care, law enforcement, business, and education. Drawing from this successful program and the latest science, she presents the E.M.P.A.T.H.Y. (R) method - a powerful seven-step system for understanding and increasing empathy, starting with Eye Contact and ending with Your Reaction.
"Nourishing empathy lets us help not just ourselves," says Dr. Riess, "but also everyone we interact with, whether for a moment or a lifetime." This paperback edition of The Empathy Effect will introduce you to methods that can revolutionise the way you understand yourself, relate to your loved ones, and connect to every person in your life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Louisville, CO
United States
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
278 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64963-124-4 (9781649631244)
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Helen Riess, MD, is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Empathy and Relational Science Program in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Post, HuffPost, WRUR, JAMA, Harvard Review of Psychiatry, and elsewhere. Her popular TEDx Talk, "The Power of Empathy," has over 819,000 viewers across all social media platforms. Dr. Riess is in constant demand as a speaker.
Liz Neporent is an award-winning health and medical journalist. She has written sixteen health-related books including the bestsellers The Winner's Brain, Fitness for Dummies, and Weight Training for Dummies. Neporent was a senior health reporter and director of health and medical social media for ABC News National for more than five years. She is currently a managing editor at Medscape/WebMD.
Liz Neporent is an award-winning health and medical journalist. She has written sixteen health-related books including the bestsellers The Winner's Brain, Fitness for Dummies, and Weight Training for Dummies. Neporent was a senior health reporter and director of health and medical social media for ABC News National for more than five years. She is currently a managing editor at Medscape/WebMD.