Spiritual empathy means being able to feel and understand what another person feels or tries to communicate. As social workers, we work with clients who are experiencing a life crisis. A life crisis would be anything that threatens the well-being of clients. Stress and anxiety can lead to health problems and harmful dysfunctional behaviors. To best serve our customers we must show spiritual empathy. Spiritual methods of therapy are controversial among healthcare professionals, including social workers. Many are not comfortable using spiritual interventions. Being spiritually empathetic can help the social worker notice signs of spiritual need. I believe spiritual empathy is key to helping the client's needs. In this article I will examine the importance of spiritual empathy, recognize spiritual needs and interventions. Spiritual empathy is said to be the key element in providing spiritual care for the client's spiritual well-being (Cism, 2007). The idea of ​​spiritual empathy is feeling the spiritual needs of another person regardless of religious beliefs or not. This is different from sympathy as one is able to understand what another is going through. Buddhist believes in spiritual direction. This is a teacher-student relationship where the teacher uses empathy and wisdom to be a spiritual friend. Spiritual direction is said to be able to provide a deeper level of empathy. A spiritual director is able to tell a student aspects of his feelings that he had not even realized. This act can be performed by anyone with a high level of empathy. There is evidence to suggest that attention to one's spirituality influences one's ability to cope with illness, helps in disease prevention... middle of paper ... ..., 48(11), 597-605. (Document ID: 1901771251).Cicirelli, V. (2011). Religious and non-religious spirituality in relation to the acceptance or rejection of death, Death Studies, 35:2,124-146. DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2011.535383David E Balk. (1999). Mourning and spiritual change. Death Studies, 23(6), 485-493. Retrieved from ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source. (Document ID: 44525258). Dhamani K., Paul P. and Olson KJ, (2011) "Tanzanian Nurses Understanding and Practice of Spiritual Care", ISRN Nursing, vol. 2011, Article ID 534803, 7 pages, 2011. doi:10.5402/2011/534803Walsh, K., King, M., Jones, L., Tookman, A., & Blizard, R., (2002). Spiritual beliefs may influence bereavement outcome: Prospective study. British Medical Journal, 324(7353), 1551. Retrieved July 6, 2011, from ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source. (Document ID: 134151571).