Empathy Training

Empathy Training (Domestic) by Taalismn

Empathy training is sensitization to the emotional needs and concerns of others. As there is no easy way to indoctrinate empathy in people, training is usually in the form of immersion, exposing trainees to emotionally-charged situations where they are expected to be anchors of stability and rationality. Empathy training typically involves working with others in dire straits, such as homeless shelters, community centers, elder care facilities, or hospices, offering aid and comfort, or simply a listening ear, paying attention to others and reading their emotional state. Other techniques involve situational roleplaying in identifying and reacting to sensitive issues. Trainees learn to pick up on nonverbal cues and body language, and proper ways to address others. In more pragmatic terms, trainees learn how to say the right things to avoid agitating already-tense people, and exacerbating a situation. Though the province of dedicated social workers and caretakers, occasionally, empathy or sensitivity training is assigned as rehabilitative punishment to people judged guilty of being oblivious to the plight of others.

Bonuses: +1d4 to MA, +1 ME. +5% to Psychology skill