The treating expert: A hybrid role with firm boundaries

Ongoing or impending litigation may have a substantial impact on treatment, affecting parents' and children's interactions with the therapist and the structure and content of treatment. Psychologists must be prepared to think forensically as well as clinically and have the requisite expertise to sup port children's needs, accomplish interventions, and, if appropriate, provi de information to the forensic evaluator or the court. S.(.)Greenberg and D . Shuman's (1997) conceptualization of the treating expert is expanded and applied to the child custody or dependency case, with an emphasis on role b oundaries, standards of expertise, and suggestions for professional practic e.