Full Description
Genetic counseling involves helping families cope with the medical, psychological, and social effects of genetic disease. Experience in research has shown that being at risk for a genetic disease can have devastating psychological effects on patients and their families. This book covers the psychotherapeutic issues in genetic counseling.
Contents
Analysis of a Transcript; Quantitative Analysis of a Transcript of a Genetic Counseling Session; Management of Guilt and Shame; Suffering and Countertransference; Preselection: A Family Coping Strategy in Huntington Disease; Advanced Counseling Techniques; More on Counseling Skills; Empathy and Decency; A Critical Review of the Literature Dealing with Education and Reproduction; Teaching and Counseling; Thoughts on Directiveness; Nondirectiveness Revisited; Notes and Reflections; Index.
