Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process

by Veach, Patricia McCarthy; Leroy, Bonnie; Bartels, Dianne M.

• ISBN13: 9780387003306
• ISBN10: 0387003304
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

On a daily basis, individuals face the risk of developing a genetic disorder or the chance that they might have a child with a birth defect or struggle with the reality of raising a child with a genetic disease. Genetic counselors help clients sift through complicated medical and genetic risk information to assist them in making difficult decisions and find a way to integrate those decisions into their lives. Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process helps students learn how to guide clients through this complex and difficult process. Designed as an aid to students in Genetic Counseling classes and other healthcare professionals interested in honing their skills, Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process will guide the reader through the why's and how's of assisting clients. Believing that guided practice and critical reflection lead to skill improvement and to increased self-awareness of significant professional issues, the authors provide a number of written exercises and structured activities. The authors' collective years of both teaching students and counseling clients is reflected in the clear, practical approach of this manual. The content is grounded in a variety of theoretical orientations but never loses sight of the practical realities of how to materially and rationally enhance students' abilities. There are several useful appendices, as well as instructions for counselors on how to advise their clients to use the Internet to its best advantage. Always practical, always concise, Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process is a wonderful tool to help students become the caring, rational professionals their clients need. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Guidelines for Manual Users: Instructors, Supervisors, and Students	p. 1
Overview of Genetic Counseling: History of the Profession and Methods of Practice	p. 23
Listening to Clients: Attending Skills	p. 38
Listening to Clients: Primary Empathy Skills	p. 51
Gathering Information: Asking Questions and Taking Client Genetic History	p. 73
Structuring the Genetic Counseling Session: Initiating, Contracting, Ending, and Referral	p. 93
Collaborating with Clients: Providing Information and Assisting in Client Decision Making	p. 122
Responding to Client Cues: Advanced Empathy and Confrontation	p. 150
Client Issues: Resistance, Client Affect, and Client Styles	p. 174
Counselor Self-Reference: Advice Giving, Self-Disclosure, and Self-Involving Responses	p. 197
Behaving Ethically	p. 222
Recognizing Your Limits: Transference, Countertransference, Stress, and Burnout	p. 242
Using Internet Resources	p. 262
References	p. 276
National Society of Genetic Counselors Code of Ethics	p. 285
American Board of Genetic Counseling Practice-Based Competencies	p. 289
Index	p. 293
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