Pursuant to Family Code section 3190.
(a) The court may require parents involved in a custody or visitation dispute, and the minor child, to participate in outpatient counseling with a licensed mental health professional, or through other community programs and services that provide appropriate counseling, including, but not limited to, mental health or substance abuse services, for not more than one year, if the court finds both of the following:
(1) The dispute between the parents, between the parent or parents and the child, poses a substantial danger to the best interest of the child.
(2) The counseling is in the best interest of the child.
(b) In determining whether a dispute, as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), poses a substantial danger to the best interest of the child, the court shall consider, in addition to any other factors the court determines relevant, any history of domestic violence, as defined in Section 6211, within the past five years between the parents, between the parent or parents and the child.