An empathic guess offers a possible reading of feelings or needs while inviting correction. It supports clarification without claiming access to another person’s inner state. The listener must remain willing to revise it, and understanding a concern need not mean agreement or compliance.
- Entry typeRelated entry
- FromNonviolent Communication (NVC) (tool)
- Category of its source unitIntervention Methods & Practices
- DomainConflict & Negotiation
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Entry type
Related entry
Related entries name an idea, effect or practice that belongs to a model or tool of the series. They are not models or tools themselves and are not counted as such; each one leads to the model or tool it comes from, and to its Executive Insight Brief.
Editorial orientation · Category
Intervention Methods & Practices
Organizes actions intended to facilitate, plan, train, negotiate, coordinate or change a situation. It connects a practical purpose with a way of working, whose conditions and consequences must be examined.