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Response to A Different Vantage Point Commentary: Psychotherapeutic Genetic Counseling, Is it?

Authors: Barbara Biesecker, Jehannine Austin, Colleen Caleshu

Published in: Journal of Genetic Counseling | Issue 2/2017

Abstract

Whether genetic counseling is a form of psychotherapy is open for debate. Early practicioners in genetic counseling described it as such, and this claim has been replicated in recent publications. This commentary is a rebuttal to the claim that genetic counseling is distinct from psychotherapty. We argue that it is a a form of psychoterapy that aims to help clients manage a health threat that affects their psychological wellbeing, paralleling the goals of psychotherapy.

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Title: Response to A Different Vantage Point Commentary: Psychotherapeutic Genetic Counseling, Is it?
Authors: Barbara Biesecker
Jehannine Austin
Colleen Caleshu
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Genetic Counseling / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1059-7700
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3599
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-016-0025-z

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