Mandatory Reporting and Child Exposure to Domestic Violence: Issues Regarding the Therapeutic Alliance with Couples |
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Authors: | Lea Tufford Faye Mishna Tara Black |
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Institution: | (1) Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A1, Canada |
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Abstract: | Some child welfare legislation have recently expanded the definition of ‘a child in need of protection’ to include child exposure
to intimate partner violence. Such legislation places clinicians in the challenging position of determining whether a situation
falls under their duty to report. The current paper examines a case example in which there was child exposed to intimate partner
violence, the clinician made a report to child welfare authorities and attempted to maintain the therapeutic alliance with
the couple in treatment. The couple viewed contacting child welfare authorities as a crisis situation both in their marriage
and in their family. Practice principles for clinicians are suggested. |
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