Genetic Counseling Theory and Practice III

1 Course Unit

This course provides students with advanced counseling skills such as advanced empathy and confrontation. Students will explore counseling theories such as solution-focused brief therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and family systems models. Counselor issues such as self- disclosure and countertransference will be discussed in detail. Additional skills and techniques from the counseling literature will be practiced in role plays to illustrate the usefulness of various counseling techniques in clinical genetics. This course includes an experiential component for practicing techniques utilizing standardized patients. Students will analyze their standardized patient recordings and identify missed opportunities and areas where they need to focus their counseling skills. Each student will analyze one of their clinical cases utilizing at least two theories discussed in class. Spring 1 Course Unit