Special Topics in Genetic Counseling
Special Topics in Genetic Counseling covers advanced practice topics including setting boundaries, delivering life altering news, developing a socially responsible practice, moving from a novice to master counselor, and the job search.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Identify how the genetic counselor’s personal cultural characteristics and biases may impact encounters and use this knowledge to maintain effective client-focused services.
Recognize the potential tension between the values of clients, families, communities and the genetic counseling profession.
Demonstrate knowledge of psychological defenses, family dynamics, family systems theory, coping models, the grief process, and reactions to illness.
Maintain professional boundaries by ensuring directive statements, self-disclosure, and self-involving responses are in the best interest of the client. Recognize and respond to client-counselor relationship dynamics, such as transference and countertransference, which may affect the genetic counseling interaction.
Source: UW Guide
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
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Topics
- Advanced topics in the discipline of genetic counseling
- Setting boundaries, delivering life altering news, developing a socially responsible practice, moving from a novice to master counselor, and the job search
- Psychological defenses, family dynamics, family systems theory, coping models, the grief process, and reactions to illness
Skills
- Setting boundaries, delivering life altering news, developing a socially responsible practice, moving from a novice to master counselor, and the job search.
- Identify how personal cultural characteristics and biases may impact encounters and use this knowledge to maintain effective client-focused services.
- Recognize the potential tension between the values of clients, families, communities and the genetic counseling profession.
- Demonstrate knowledge of psychological defenses, family dynamics, family systems theory, coping models, the grief process, and reactions to illness.
- Maintain professional boundaries and recognize and respond to client-counselor relationship dynamics, such as transference and countertransference.
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