Matching Pairs Kinds of EmpathyOnline version Activity to match each kind of empathy with its definition. by Dario Gonzalez 1 Somatic Empathy 2 Spiritual Empathy 3 Cognitive Empathy 4 Emotional Empathy 5 Compassionate Empathy Understanding how someone else feels and why they feel that way, even if you don't feel the same emotions yourself. Feeling the same emotions as someone else, like being sad when they are sad or happy when they are happy. Wanting to help someone who is feeling bad or in trouble, and doing something to make them feel better. When you feel someone else’s pain physically. When someone can establish a direct connection with a “higher being” or consciousness.