A therapist works in a non-profit counseling center that specializes in working with women and families....

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A therapist works in a non-profit counseling center thatspecializes in working with women and families. The therapist meetswith a child and her mother in a therapy session. The parents aredivorced and the child lives with the mother. The father hasstandard visitation rights. During the session, the mother tellsthe therapist that she believes the non-custodial father may besexually abusing the child. The therapist has seen the child andthe mother over a period of months and this has never beenmentioned before. The therapist instructs the Mother to call CPS toreport the suspected abuse. It is late on Friday afternoon. Thecounseling center has as one of its goals to empower women to beproactive in protecting themselves and their children. Thetherapist is under supervision. She calls her supervisor beforeleaving and goes over her session and her plan to check to makesure on Monday that the mother has called CPS. The therapist agreesto this plan. On Monday morning, the therapist calls the Mother tomake sure she has made a report. The Mother says she did not make areport and that she expected the therapist to report. The therapistcalls CPS to report what she was told. Later the mother files acomplaint against the therapist with the Board for not reportingthe abuse at the time she was told about the suspected abuse.Analyze the case fully including the validity of the complaint, thetherapist actions, and what you would have done in the samesituation and why. Explain your answer fully.

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The therapist is being supervised He would have made a note of the important actions and activities happened during the session It is the duty of the therapist to notify any criminalabuse which he has come to know during    See Answer
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