Complex sentence: In stead, Kohut describes human empathy as a therapeutic skill; when a patient acts in a certain way, "put yourself in his/her shoes"-and find out how it feels for the patient to act in this manner.
Split into simpler sentences: In stead, Kohut describes human empathy as a therapeutic skill. When a patient acts in a certain way, "put yourself in his/her shoes"-and find out how it feels for the patient to act in this manner.