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Verbal
Mental
Physical
Sexual
Abuse
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- Physical bruises or other signs of injury
- Confusion
- Difficulty making decisions
- Social isolation
- Depression
- Hindering of social role achievement
- Educational problems
- Inability to follow through with goals
- Angry outbursts
- Withdrawal
- Lowered self esteem
- Fear
- Guilt/Shame
- Lack of self empathy
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- Denial and minimization of abuse
- Change in dress or make up to cover marks and bruises
- Protective of perpetrator
- Changing behavior to accommodate perpetrator
- Hypervigilant of perpetrators moods
- Resistant to getting "outsiders" involved
- Fleeing
- Secretive
- Pregnancy
- Retaliatory
- Takes responsibility for abusers behavior
- Substance abuse
- Violence
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- Assure victim of confidentiality and explain limits of confidentiality
- Assess for danger to victim/ safety planning
- Identify youth's strengths and courage in seeking help
- Help victim to identify and name abusive behaviors by asking specific questions about abusive incidents
- Form alliance with youth which addresses their concerns and yours
- Empower youth by giving them the opportunity to set small achievable goals
- Help victim identify abusers reasons for the abuse as excuses
- Provide 24 hour resource numbers and legal information
- Work on developing self esteem, undoing isolation, positive identity and values
- Provide information on dynamics of abusive relationships and profiles of perpetrators
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State Government · State Services 
