Biesecker Barbara, Austin Jehannine, Caleshu Colleen
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Maryland, Bethesda, MD, 20897-2073, USA.
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
J Genet Couns. 2017 Apr;26(2):334-336. doi: 10.1007/s10897-016-0025-z. Epub 2016 Nov 2.
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.
遗传咨询是否属于心理治疗的一种形式尚有争议。早期的遗传咨询从业者将其描述为心理治疗,并且这一说法在近期的出版物中也有重复提及。本评论是对“遗传咨询与心理治疗不同”这一说法的反驳。我们认为它是一种心理治疗形式,旨在帮助来访者应对影响其心理健康的健康威胁,这与心理治疗的目标相似。