- Be open to the disclosure
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- Encourage healthy choice
making
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- Appreciate the difficulty
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- Resist
overprotection/rescuing
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- Offer support and
understanding
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- Indicate willingness to
explore possible courses of action
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- Provide calm, encouraging,
accepting response
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- Don't treat the person as
"damaged goods"
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- Encourage the details of
disclosure as the person chooses to and is able to
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- Provide assurance of
lovability
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- Don't let disclosure go down
a "black hole" -follow up
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- Allow emotions or absence of
emotion
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- Maintain normal expression
of affection
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- Support in future
disclosures
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