Clinical empathy is one of the most essential tools of medical practice, and it is an act of correctly acknowledging the emotional state of another without experiencing that state oneself. Empathy comprises four components. Mounting evidence exists to support the use of clinical empathy as a tactic for effective health care. Resolving the multi-fold barriers of clinical empathy is important. Clinical empathy is very important in the current era, and a trust-based relationship in patient care is a way to optimal clinical outcomes that can be achieved through better communication and treatment-compliance plans between health care professionals and patients.