Demonstrate the basic counseling skills of empathy, reflective listening, and summarizing.

Create a 12 pages hypothetical dialogue that occurs during an initial session with a client. In the dialogue, demonstrate the basic counseling skills of empathy, reflective listening, and summarizing. Also, demonstrate your ability to create a good therapeutic relationship through appropriate goal setting and treatment planning in collaboration with your client. After the dialogue, in 4–6 additional pages, justify the way you conducted the session with references to at least ten peer-reviewed articles or book chapters.

Paper Criteria

Demonstrate the basic counseling skills of empathy, reflective listening, and summarizing.

Demonstrate the ability to create a good therapeutic relationship through appropriate goal setting and treatment planning in collaboration with a client.

Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.