Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process Practice-Based Skills, Second Edition

105 Avoid the same formula when creating counselor statements, e.g., do not begin every sentence “It sounds like...” and try to ...

106 II. Making Content Responses Construct one concise content response for each of the patient statements in Part I. Write each ...

107 The letters generated by students could be used for genetic counseling role-plays. The “patient” could either act out the c ...

108 Brown D.  Implications of cultural values for cross-cultural consultation with families. J Couns Dev. 1997;76:29–35. Browner ...

109 Imel ZE, Barco JS, Brown HJ, Baucom BR, Baer JS, Kircher JC, Atkins DC. The association of therapist empathy and synchrony i ...

110 Runyon M, Zahm KW, Veach PM, MacFarlane IM, LeRoy BS. What do genetic counselors learn on the job? A qualitative assessment ...

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 111 P. McCarthy Veach et al., Facilitating the Genetic Coun ...

112 et al. 1980 ). Closed questions explore specific details, “Do you have any children?,” or they ask about explicit or implied ...

113 The following examples illustrate the types of open and closed questions you might ask patients during genetic counseling: C ...

114 5.1.2 Functions of Questions in Genetic Counseling As mentioned earlier, questions serve a variety of purposes in genetic co ...

115 Family history taking is also a good way to begin to establish rapport with a patient. There are several process functions o ...

116 conversation” (p. 772). Note, their use of questions includes internal ones that you should ask yourself, while others are q ...

117 Other—questions that tend to explore patients’ personality and general coping strategies as well as general family dynamics ...

118 In some of the transcripts, genetic counselors did explore the patient’s experiences and how those experiences informed the ...

119 to you?,” “How do you usually handle disagreements?,” and “What is your understanding of his reasons for not wanting you to ...

120 Know What Type of Question to Ask Use both open and closed questions. Open-ended questions allow patients to express themse ...

121 provide feedback and legal information that reflects that the attorney was listen- ing carefully...Studies of interviewers, ...

122 5.1.4 Limiting Your Use of Open and Closed Questions We cautioned earlier about the indiscriminate use of questions and stre ...

123 a flexible way, adapted to each counselee needs and expectations” (p.  444). This study serves as a reminder about the impor ...

124 Compare the previous example to this more appropriate interchange: Cl: I don’t want to have a baby with Down syndrome. Co: T ...