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Biesecker B, Austin J, Caleshu C. Response to A Different Vantage Point Commentary: Psychotherapeutic Genetic Counseling, Is it?. J Genet Couns. 2016;26(2):334-336doi: 10.1007/s10897-016-0025-z.
Biesecker, B., Austin, J., & Caleshu, C. (2017). Response to A Different Vantage Point Commentary: Psychotherapeutic Genetic Counseling, Is it?. Journal of genetic counseling, 26(2), 334-336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-016-0025-z
Biesecker, Barbara, et al. "Response to A Different Vantage Point Commentary: Psychotherapeutic Genetic Counseling, Is it?." Journal of genetic counseling vol. 26,2 (2017): 334-336. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-016-0025-z
Biesecker B, Austin J, Caleshu C. Response to A Different Vantage Point Commentary: Psychotherapeutic Genetic Counseling, Is it?. J Genet Couns. 2017 Apr;26(2):334-336. doi: 10.1007/s10897-016-0025-z. Epub 2016 Nov 02. PMID: 27804046; PMCID: PMC5383505.
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J Genet Couns. 2017 Apr;26(2):334-336. doi: 10.1007/s10897-016-0025-z. Epub 2016 Nov 02.

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

Journal of genetic counseling

Barbara Biesecker, Jehannine Austin, Colleen Caleshu

Affiliations

  1. National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Maryland, Bethesda, MD, 20897-2073, USA. [email protected].
  2. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
  3. Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.

PMID: 27804046 PMCID: PMC5383505 DOI: 10.1007/s10897-016-0025-z

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.

Keywords: Genetic counseling; Psychotherapeutic genetic counseling; Psychotherapy

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