The purpose of this paper was to explore how the construct of empathy, one of the most critical psychological entities in human relationships, can be employed in Christian counseling focusing on gender analysis. To set the stage, previous literature reviews on empathy including the psychoanalytic treatments of empathy by Kohut and Rogers are discussed. This is followed by Paul Bloom’s critical and negative analysis of empathy that distorts our decisions and behaviors. Through examining the dynamics between empathy and gender, the two harmful psychological symptoms of women with high empathy, unmitigated communion and pathological altruism, are brought in. When it comes to the interactions between empathy and culture, inclusive cultural empathy (ICE) and the social dyad between individualism-collectivism are highlighted. Finally, three therapeutic suggestions are made for counseling Christian women with collectivist background who also possess high level of empathy: promoting imageo-dei, employing Shimjung exchange, and discoura-ging adjustment-oriented counseling approach.