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In Genetic Issues, Dr. Andrea Farkas Patenaude demonstrates her approach to counseling clients who are facing the possibility of inheriting an illness or disorder from a parent or grandparent. Many disorders, such as cancer or Alzheimer's disease, may have a genetic component, making it likely that someone will inherit them. Dr. Patenaude works with clients on associated stress and anxiety and also provides information on the benefits and limitations of genetic testing. In this session, Dr. Patenaude works with a young woman whose mother died of breast cancer. She discusses genetic testing and then helps the client begin to work through some of her grief as well as her anxiety about being diagnosed with cancer.
In this approach, the therapist must understand the family history of illness; clarify a patient's level of risk; ascertain individual issues, symptoms, and attitudes and the level of associated distress; and understand the nature of family communication about illness, inherited disease predisposition, and previous losses.
Andrea Farkas Patenaude, PhD, is the director of the Psycho-Oncology Research, Division of Pediatric Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr. Patenaude received her PhD from Michigan State University and currently focuses her research interests on psychological issues in cancer genetics, informed consent, professional education in genetics, and survivorship issues for survivors of pediatric and adult cancers. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and has served as past chair of the APA Advisory Council on Genetic Issues (1998–1999). Since 1998, she has been the APA representative to and a member of the board of directors of the National Coalition of Health Professional Education in Genetics. Dr. Patenaude also serves on the National Cancer Institute Cancer Genetics Board and on editorial boards for Psycho-Oncology, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, and Children's Health Care. Dr. Patenaude is the author of Genetic Testing for Cancer: Psychological Approaches for Helping Patients and Families (APA, 2005), as well as numerous book chapters and journal articles.
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