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[quote=Anonymous]OP I'm a mandatory reporter and absolutely no way I would report this and I know no colleague that would. It does not fall under the types of things we are supposed to report. Any sane mandatory reporter who has sadly had to make those calls, knows that this would absolutely not rise to the level that CPS would investigate. Physical domestic violence is already gray and has to be very serious for CPS to respond. And even if you had some over the top therapist that calls for everything, CPS would just say they are not taking the report.

But I highly highly doubt that is your therapist and it really is ok to have a conversation about this with them. You can say you started to feel anxious after your conversation last week. It is important to have trust with your therapist, so please talk to them so you can feel reassured. Most good therapists wouldn't just call behind your back anyway, and they can hopefully explain that to you. They would instead say, these things are concerning for me and you may benefit from more support (and explain why they are mandated to report), do you want to call together, make the call yourself or have me call? Again, this would be in a case for example if you said your spouse had punched your child with a closed fist and it left a mark. I called once for a child being punched in the face and they barely investigated because there wasn't proof of a mark, just to share with you the level we're talking here. Rarely have i made a call behind a families back, I try to work with the family as best I can so they are not surprised AND we keep everyone safe/I do my duty.[/quote]

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