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Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process

Practice-Based Skills

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Authors:
  1. Patricia McCarthy Veach

    1. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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  2. Bonnie S. LeRoy

    1. Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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  3. Nancy P. Callanan

    1. Genetic Counseling Program, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA

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  • A fully revised and expanded second edition on facilitating genetic counseling, grounded in the recent ACGC practice-based competencies

  • Utilizes an active, cooperative approach with multiple clinical case examples and structured activities and written exercises clearly reflecting necessary skills

  • Ideal for students in the field as well as genetic counselor educators and supervisors in the training and supervision of students to enhance their professional development

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Guidelines for Book Users: Instructors, Supervisors, and Students

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 1-31

  3. Overview of Genetic Counseling: History of the Profession and the Reciprocal-Engagement Model of Practice

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 33-49

  4. Listening to Patients: Attending Skills

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 51-75

  5. Listening to Patients: Primary Empathy Skills

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 77-110

  6. Gathering Information: Asking Questions

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 111-137

  7. Structuring Genetic Counseling Sessions: Initiating, Contracting, Ending, and Referral

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 139-172

  8. Collaborating with Patients: Providing Information and Facilitating Patient Decision-Making

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 173-213

  9. Responding to Patient Cues: Advanced Empathy and Confrontation Skills

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 215-248

  10. Patient Factors: Resistance, Coping, Affect, and Styles

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 249-282

  11. Providing Guidance: Advice and Influencing Skills

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 283-302

  12. Counselor Self-Reference: Self-Disclosure and Self-Involving Skills

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 303-327

  13. Genetic Counseling Dynamics: Transference, Countertransference, Distress, Burnout, and Compassion Fatigue

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 329-358

  14. Professionalism: Ethically Based Reflective Practice

    • Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan
    Pages 359-381

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 383-404
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About this book

Now in its revised and updated second edition, this text provides a practical way of teaching genetic counseling helping skills. The contents can be used by genetic counselor educators and supervisors to facilitate student professional development, including gaining knowledge about basic helping skills; practicing using the skills specific to genetic counseling services; and understanding one's self as a professional in training. New topics include: the Reciprocal-Engagement Model (REM) of genetic counseling practice; research findings about genetic counselor professional development, values, compassion fatigue, burnout, and distress; expanded discussion of patient factors; and more attention to cultural issues. Every chapter contains updated literature, and both revised and new structured activities and written exercises.


Salient features of this second edition include:
• An “active” and “cooperative” pedagogical approach, with numerous structured activities and exercises emphasizing student self-reflection and engagement with core content.
• Inclusion of skills which comprise key elements within three competency domains for accreditation of genetic counseling training programs in North America: genetics expertise and analysis; interpersonal, psychosocial, and counseling skills and assessment; and professional development and practice.
• Content grounded in a widely-cited, empirically-derived model of genetic counseling practice.
• Inclusion of patient scenarios and roles for skills practice based on genetic counseling cases and reflecting recent developments in genetic knowledge, testing, and technologies.


Reviews

“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)​

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Patricia McCarthy Veach

  • Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Bonnie S. LeRoy

  • Genetic Counseling Program, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA

    Nancy P. Callanan

About the authors

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


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process

  • Book Subtitle: Practice-Based Skills

  • Authors: Patricia McCarthy Veach, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Nancy P. Callanan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74799-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74798-9Published: 11 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74799-6Published: 27 April 2018

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XX, 404

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Human Genetics, Health Psychology

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