Dysfunctional Empathy- The Harm We Do When We Care
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slide1. Dysfunctional Empathy-
The Harm We Do
When We Care Too Much MaryAnn Morris
Director of Academics, Richwood Valley
August 15, 2026<br>
slide2. Wouldn’t it be great
if every college
student was…<br>
slide3. Overview: Brief Intro to Systems Theory
Key Systems Concepts
4-fold Focus of the Session:
Holding compassion &
accountability in tension
Fostering resilience
Managing tensions that result from boundaries
Self-regulating emotions<br>
slide5. Definitions: Compassion- possessing a high level of sensitivity to another’s suffering, coupled with a willingness to help/support/assist.
Accountability- being both responsible for and transparent about: choices, decisions, inactions, and culpability.
Resilience- the capacity to recover from stress/adversity.
Boundaries- physical, emotional, or mental limits established to facilitate healthy behavior and protect one’s needs, well-being, and personal space.<br>
slide6. Loss Hardship Poverty Abuse Grief<br>
slide7. Founding Thinkers BACTERIA or VIRUS? Dr. Murray Bowen Rabbi Edwin Freedman<br>
slide8. Key Concepts: Anxiety
Homeostasis
Reactivity<br>
slide9. Emotional Reactivity 1) Fight 4) Frenzy
2) Flight 5) Feed
3) Freeze 6) Fornicate What is the threat?<br>
slide10. Key Concepts: 4. Distancing
5. Fusing
6. Triangling rescuer victim persecutor<br>
slide11. Distancing Differentiation Fusing Quitting/Dropping
Pouting
Ghosting/Cut-off
Passive/Aggressiveness Gossiping
Placating
Codependency
Demonizing Engulfment Abandonment<br>
slide12. Key Concepts: 7. Over/Under Functioning 8. Self-Differentiation
9. Non-anxious Presence<br>
slide13. High (self) Low (other) High (other) Low (self) Pain Tolerance Fixer Differentiator Woeful Helpless<br>
slide14. Self-differentiation Non-anxious Presence<br>
slide16. It is not either/or… It is both/and. Other Self<br>
slide18. Thank you for your time!<br>
The Harm We Do
When We Care Too Much MaryAnn Morris
Director of Academics, Richwood Valley
August 15, 2026<br>
slide2. Wouldn’t it be great
if every college
student was…<br>
slide3. Overview: Brief Intro to Systems Theory
Key Systems Concepts
4-fold Focus of the Session:
Holding compassion &
accountability in tension
Fostering resilience
Managing tensions that result from boundaries
Self-regulating emotions<br>
slide5. Definitions: Compassion- possessing a high level of sensitivity to another’s suffering, coupled with a willingness to help/support/assist.
Accountability- being both responsible for and transparent about: choices, decisions, inactions, and culpability.
Resilience- the capacity to recover from stress/adversity.
Boundaries- physical, emotional, or mental limits established to facilitate healthy behavior and protect one’s needs, well-being, and personal space.<br>
slide6. Loss Hardship Poverty Abuse Grief<br>
slide7. Founding Thinkers BACTERIA or VIRUS? Dr. Murray Bowen Rabbi Edwin Freedman<br>
slide8. Key Concepts: Anxiety
Homeostasis
Reactivity<br>
slide9. Emotional Reactivity 1) Fight 4) Frenzy
2) Flight 5) Feed
3) Freeze 6) Fornicate What is the threat?<br>
slide10. Key Concepts: 4. Distancing
5. Fusing
6. Triangling rescuer victim persecutor<br>
slide11. Distancing Differentiation Fusing Quitting/Dropping
Pouting
Ghosting/Cut-off
Passive/Aggressiveness Gossiping
Placating
Codependency
Demonizing Engulfment Abandonment<br>
slide12. Key Concepts: 7. Over/Under Functioning 8. Self-Differentiation
9. Non-anxious Presence<br>
slide13. High (self) Low (other) High (other) Low (self) Pain Tolerance Fixer Differentiator Woeful Helpless<br>
slide14. Self-differentiation Non-anxious Presence<br>
slide16. It is not either/or… It is both/and. Other Self<br>
slide18. Thank you for your time!<br>