Which of the following is NOT one of the circumstances in which a practitioner is required to break confidentiality?
A) When the client threatens to hurt herself
B) When the client states in session that her live-in boyfriend burns her 1-year-old daughter with cigarette butts
C) When the client indicates in session that her elderly neighbor with dementia is being locked in her room and tied to her chair by the neighbor's daughter, to prevent her from wandering off and getting lost.
D) When the client states that she was sexually assaulted 20 years ago, as a 10-year-old child by a man who is now dead.

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The requirement to break confidentiality typically does not extend to reports of past abuse where the perpetrator is deceased and there is no ongoing or imminent risk to others.

Which of the Following Is NOT One of the Circumstances