Please respond to EACH of the following discussion topics and submit them to the discussion forum as a single post. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length. Then, make at least two thoughtful responses to your fellow students’ posts. If you haven’t recently, please review the Rules of Discussion.

In the workplace, it is essential to communicate ideas quickly and completely. We don’t typically have the time to read clever prose or to explore newly-presented ideas in depth, especially if they don’t apply directly to what we are currently working on.

For this question, find an email or short business document (one you can share), and reduce that document to its basic elements (see our textbook for an example). Then, answer the following questions:

• How could this email/document have relayed its message more efficiently without losing any essential details?
• Do you think this email/document would have been more effective by highlighting only the essential information? Why or why not?

In your post, please attach a copy of the email or document you are working with.

Write a 750-1,000-word paper outlining the importance of empathy, probing, and summarizing in the counseling process. Include the following in your paper:

1. The role of empathy in the counseling relationship
2. Techniques for establishing empathy with a client. Provide at least one example to illustrate these techniques.
3. The role of probing and summarizing in the counseling relationship
4. How the counselor knows that his/her responses effectively address the client’s message. Provide at least one example to illustrate your response.
5. Verbal and nonverbal cues indicating that the counselor is not effectively connecting with the client 

Include at least three scholarly references in your paper.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.