Sociocultural poetry can be used in conjunction with a 6-step counselor empathy model to help gifted students understand the lived experiences of others, as well as to help these same students explore their own feelings and thoughts about self in relation to the world. The model can also be utilized to assist in the development of basic empathy skills.
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