Erschienen in:
02.11.2016 | Original Research
Response to A Different Vantage Point Commentary: Psychotherapeutic Genetic Counseling, Is it?
verfasst von:
Barbara Biesecker, Jehannine Austin, Colleen Caleshu
Erschienen in:
Journal of Genetic Counseling
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Ausgabe 2/2017
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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.