British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy
A genetic counselor’s responsibilities include teaching people, families, health-care providers, and communities about family health history, inheritance, genetic testing, treatment, prevention, and research. Psychosocial assistance and counseling are provided to individuals, families, and communities in order to encourage informed decisions and adaptability to risks or situations.
Genetic counseling is available. Providing people and families affected by or at risk of genetic illnesses with information and resources to better understand and cope with the medical, psychological, and family consequences of hereditary contributions to disease is the practice of genetic counselling.
Genealogical counselors are health professionals who can assist you in determining if you are from a family with a history of genetic disorder and how to live your life with the least amount of interference from the disorder.They can also provide you with information on genetic testing and genetic counseling.A genetic counselor is a professional who can assist you in understanding specific genetic diseases and the likelihood that you may carry them.
Cardiovascular genetics is a branch of genetics that studies the heart and blood vessels.Specialist genetic counselors in cardiovascular illness have honed a set of abilities that are unique to the diagnosis, treatment, and counseling of cardiovascular problems.Cardiovascular genetic counselors play an important role in local and national efforts to avoid sudden cardiac mortality, as well as in research (the leading cause of sudden death in young people)