Olga ZaytsSrikant SarangiMeow Keong ThongBrian Hon Yin ChungIvan Fao Man LoAnita Sik Yau KanJuliana Mei Har LeeCarmencita David PadillaEva Maria Cutiongco-De La PazSultana M.H. FaradzPornswan WasantThe University of Hong KongCardiff UniversityUniversity of MalayaClinical Genetic ServiceUniversity of Malaya Medical CentreUniversity of the Philippines ManilaUniversitas DiponegoroMahidol University2018-10-192018-10-192013-12-01Journal of Genetic Counseling. Vol.22, No.6 (2013), 917-92415733599105977002-s2.0-84888102014https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/32068This paper reports on the workshop 'Genetic Counseling/Consultations in South-East Asia' at the 10thAsia Pacific Conference on Human Genetics in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in December 2012. The workshop brought together professionals and language/communication scholars from South-East Asia, and the UK. The workshop aimed at addressing culture- and context-specific genetic counseling/consultation practices in South-East Asia. As a way of contextualizing genetic counseling/consultation in South-East Asia, we first offer an overview of communication-oriented research generally, drawing attention to consultation and counseling as part of a communicative continuum with distinctive interactional features. We then provide examples of genetic counseling/consultation research in Hong Kong. As other countries in South-East Asia have not yet embarked on communication-oriented empirical research, we report on the current practices of genetic counseling/consultation in these countries in order to identify similarities and differences as well as key obstacles that could be addressed through future research. Three issues emerged as 'problematic': language, religion and culture. We suggest that communication-oriented research can provide a starting point for evidence-based reflections on how to incorporate a counseling mentality in genetic consultation. To conclude, we discuss the need for creating a platform for targeted training of genetic counselors based on communication-oriented research findings. © 2013 National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc.Mahidol UniversityMedicineConference PaperSCOPUS10.1007/s10897-013-9646-7