Factors That Influence Genetic Counselors' Professional Identity-A Qualitative Study.

When I'm working with the rest of the profession it is like, “What am I bringing to the table? And how is what I'm bringing to this table gonna move the needle?” Multiple participants noted feeling that they had to hide their personal identity, be it sexual orientation or a hidden disability, due to how they felt it would be received by other GCs: I do know that having, in particular, a fairly significant mental health disability ...[and] having gone through changing medications and having it make me crazy while I've also been trying to balance this job, that's incredibly intellectually and emotionally challenging, it's a very, very difficult experience to have that very few other people have.

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