Clare and Steve, inspired by the Animas blog post of Nick Bolton, explore the place where empathy meets collusion. We seek to be empathetic as coaches, but when might that cross the line and become collusion with our clients? And collusion of course doesn't have to be expressed (even inadvertently), it can be implied by what we don't say or indeed by a smile, a facial movement or a shift in our posture. Our podcasters conclude that coaches should be reflecting on their work and any propensity to get this balance out of kilter is probably a trip to supervision.

https://www.animascoaching.com/blog/separating-empathy-and-collusion-in-coaching/