Commonwealth v. Rosenberg

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• noting that Commonwealth can prove the likelihood of serious harm without evidence of a recent overt act
• evidence indicated that defendant was told on numerous occasions by his therapist and case worker that the conversations were not confidential
• psychologist with doctoral degree in education but not in psychology was not “psychotherapist” within § 20B privilege; communications with psychologist and therapist lacking those credentials not privileged
• The Court declined to apply the privilege to psychologist who has a doctoral degree in education, not in the field of psychology. “The patient-psychotherapist privilege has never been recognized at common law. Commonwealth v. Gordon, 307 Mass. 155, 158 (1940

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