Empathy, as a widely used psychological counseling and treatment technique in the field
of psychology, aims to emphasize the effective communication between the two sides based on the
sympathetic understanding of the client, and its effect is widely recognized in the field of psychology.
Empathy can provide reference for the application of theory and method for the smooth development of
the daily ideological and political education of counselors. Starting from the theory of empathy, this paper
analyzes the role of empathy in the adjustment of supply and demand, relationship construction, and
in-depth communication in counselors’ daily ideological and political education, and proposes specific
strategies for applying empathy to counselors’ daily ideological and political education. The quality of
daily ideological and political education work is of great significance.