Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process: Practice-Based Skills

Author:   Patricia McCarthy Veach ,  Bonnie S. LeRoy ,  Nancy P. Callanan
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2nd ed. 2018
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9783319747989


Pages:   404
Publication Date:   11 May 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Designed as an aid to students in Genetics counseling classes and 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 with these complex issues. The authors' collective years of both teaching students and counseling clients is reflected in the clear, practical approach of this manual.

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Author:   Patricia McCarthy Veach ,  Bonnie S. LeRoy ,  Nancy P. Callanan
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2nd ed. 2018
Weight:   6.377kg
ISBN:  

9783319747989


ISBN 10:   3319747983
Pages:   404
Publication Date:   11 May 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Guidelines for Book Users: Instructors, Supervisors, and Students.- Overview of Genetic Counseling: History of the Profession and the Reciprocal Model of Practice.- Listening to Patients: Attending Skills.- Listening to Patients: Primary Empathy Skills.- Gathering Information: Asking Questions.- Structuring Genetic Counseling Sessions: Initiating, Contracting, Ending, and Referral.- Collaborating with Patients: Providing Information and Facilitating Patient Decision Making.- Responding to Patient Cues: Advanced Empathy and Confrontation Skills.- Patient Factors: Resistance, Coping, Affect, and Styles.- Providing Guidance: Advice and Influencing Skills.- Counselor Self-Reference: Self-Disclosure and Self-Involving Skills.- Genetic Counseling Dynamics: Transference, Countertransference, Distress, Burnout, and Compassion Fatigue.- Professionalism: Ethically-Based Reflective Practice.- Appendix A: ACGC (2015) Practice-Based Competencies.- Appendix B: NSGC Code of Ethics (2017).

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This book is a great tool for genetic counseling faculty members and should be included in the genetic counseling curriculum. ... This is a well-planned book and it presents the information well. (Luis F Escobar, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2019)


“This book is a great tool for genetic counseling faculty members and should be included in the genetic counseling curriculum. … This is a well-planned book and it presents the information well.” (Luis F Escobar, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2019)​


Author Information

Patricia McCarthy Veach, PhD, LP, Emerita Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Roseville, MN, USA Bonnie S. LeRoy, MS, CGC, Director, Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling, University of Minnesota, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, Minneapolis, MS, USA Nancy P. Callanan, MS, CGC, Director, Genetic Counseling Program, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA

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