Abstract :
Empathy is a mental construct that is
fundamental to teacher-student relationship. This article is
an attempt to highlight that the psycho-spiritual approach
of empathy can enhance the teacher- student relationship
and produce conducive environment to needy students.
This article assumes that this approach enhance both
human and spiritual development of the students. The
objective of this article are such as; to impart the due
importance of empathy for teacher-student relationship, to
bring out the psycho-spiritual writings of empathy from the
writings of Sudhir Kakar, and interpret a new paradigm for
teacher-student relationship with a view of holistic
development of the students.
Keyword :
Empathy, Psycho-spiritual Understanding of Empathy, Teacher-Student Relationship; Self-Psychology