Genetic Counseling Practice: Advanced Concepts and Skills

PREFACE xi

1 INTRODUCTION 1
Bonnie S. LeRoy, Patricia McCarthy Veach, and Dianne M. Bartels

PART I GENETIC COUNSELING DYNAMICS.

2 COMPLICATED SHADOWS: A CRITIQUE OF AUTONOMY IN GENETIC COUNSELING 13
Robert G. Resta

3 ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH PATIENTS IN DECISION MAKING 31
Andrea Zanko and Michelle Fox

4 RISK COMMUNICATION: A COMPLEX PROCESS 65
Shannan DeLany Dixon and Yasmine L. Konheim-Kalkstein

5 GRIEVING: AN INEVITABLE JOURNEY 95
Elizabeth Gettig

6 FACING PATIENT ANGER 125
Bonnie Jeanne Baty

7 RESISTANCE AND ADHERENCE: UNDERSTANDING THE PATIENT’S PERSPECTIVE 155
Jon Weil

8 COUNTERTRANSFERENCE: MAKING THE UNCONSCIOUS CONSCIOUS 175
Jon Weil

PART II CLIENT CULTURAL AND INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS.

9 HONORING DIVERSITY: CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN GENETIC COUNSELING 201
Linwood J. Lewis

10 GENETIC COUNSELING STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH FAMILIES 235
Deborah L. Eunpu

11 DEVELOPMENTALLY BASED APPROACHES FOR COUNSELING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 253
Stephanie Austin

12 GENETIC COUNSELING FOR WOMEN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES 281
Brenda Finucane

PART III GENETIC COUNSELOR DEVELOPMENT.

13 GENETIC COUNSELORS: CARING MINDFULLY FOR OURSELVES 307
June A. Peters

14 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: REFLECTIVE GENETIC COUNSELING PRACTICE 353
Kimberly W. Zahm

15 MOBILIZING GENETIC COUNSELOR LEADERSHIP SKILLS 381
Nancy P. Callanan

INDEX 401