Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process: A Practice Manual
This seminal text contains 12 chapters divided into three sections:
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communication skills (chapters. 2-7)
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interpersonal counseling and psychosocial assessment skills (chapters. 8-10)
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professional ethics and values (chapters. 11-12)
Each chapter includes in-class and written exercises that can be used to help students practice the skills and concepts covered.
| Type |
Book |
| CME Available |
No |
| Topic |
Other
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| Cost |
Print price - $89.99 ; ebook price - $69.99/per publisher |
| Note |
2003
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Genomic Competencies
Experts from the disciplines listed below have tagged this resource as fulfulling genomic competencies.
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Genetics Expertise and Analysis
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Interpersonal, Psychosocial and Counseling Skills
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10: Use a range of genetic counseling skills and models to facilitate informed decision-making and adaptation to genetic risks or conditions.
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10a: Demonstrate knowledge of psychological defenses, family dynamics, family systems theory, coping models, the grief process, and reactions to illness.
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10b: Utilize a range of basic counseling skills, such as open-ended questions, reflection, and normalization.
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10c: Employ a variety of advanced genetic counseling skills, such as anticipatory guidance and in-depth exploration of client responses to risks and options.
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10d: Assess clients' psychosocial needs, and evaluate the need for intervention and referral.
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10f: Develop an appropriate follow-up plan to address psychosocial concerns that have emerged in the encounter, including referrals for psychological services when indicated.
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11: Promote client-centered, informed, non-coercive and value-based decision-making.
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11a: Recognize one's own values and biases as they relate to genetic counseling.
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11b: Actively facilitate client decision-making that is consistent with the client's values.
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11c: Recognize and respond to client-counselor relationship dynamics, such as transference and countertransference, which may affect the genetic counseling interaction.
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11d: Describe the continuum of non-directiveness to directiveness, and effectively utilize an appropriate degree of guidance for specific genetic counseling encounters.
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11e: Maintain professional boundaries by ensuring directive statements, self-disclosure, and self- involving responses are in the best interest of the client.
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8: Establish a mutually agreed upon genetic counseling agenda with the client.
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8a: Describe the genetic counseling process to clients.
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8b: Elicit client expectations, perceptions, knowledge, and concerns regarding the genetic counseling encounter and the reason for referral or contact.
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8c: Apply client expectations, perceptions, knowledge and concerns towards the development of a mutually agreed upon agenda.
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8d: Modify the genetic counseling agenda, as appropriate by continually contracting to address emerging concerns.
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9: Employ active listening and interviewing skills to identify, assess, and empathically respond to stated and emerging concerns.
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9a: Elicit and evaluate client emotions, individual and family experiences, beliefs, behaviors, values, coping mechanisms and adaptive capabilities.
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9b: Engage in relationship-building with the client by establishing rapport, employing active listening skills and demonstrating empathy.
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9c: Assess and respond to client emotional and behavioral cues, expressed both verbally and non-verbally, including emotions affecting understanding, retention, perception, and decision-making.
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Professional Development & Practice
