@article{ref1,
title="Mandatory Reporting and Child Exposure to Domestic Violence: Issues Regarding the Therapeutic Alliance with Couples",
journal="Clinical social work journal",
year="2010",
author="Tufford, Lea and Mishna, Faye and Black, Tara",
volume="38",
number="4",
pages="426-434",
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.<p />",
language="",
issn="0091-1674",
doi="10.1007/s10615-009-0234-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10615-009-0234-0"
}