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a No Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 782 Filed 01/15/25 Page 83o0f158 83 LBAAMAX3ps Rocchio - Direct Q. Yes. The question was, when -- based on your experience, research, and training, how do people who have experienced Go wd on OY ~] (ee) Ke) a © a a No (ee) = ws On a OY a ~] a co a Ke) 20 21 22 ae 24 ae childhood sexual abuse talk about or disclose the abuse? Bed Basically that is something that occurs in the context of a relationship, and the disclosure comes out kind of over time in the context of that relationship. Q. What doctors contribute to how much a person discloses about the sexual abuse they experienced? A. That will depend on the level of safety that they feel in the relationship. That will also depend on the response that they're getting from the person that they're making -- beginning to make the initial disclosure to. So, for example, research that's been done on barriers to disclosure, as well as research that's been done to train and teach people on how to respond when receiving the disclosure, has found, you know, things that imply any sort of blame, shame, minimization, or negative response will certainly shut down the process of disclosure guite -- and think, you know, to the extent that you're responding empathically to the extent that you're listening and attending to these, to the extent that that disclosure is happening in the context of a relationship of trust and safety, then the disclosure is more likely to evolve over time. Q. How if at all does memory play a role in disclosure? A. So when we're talking about child sexual abuse, when we're SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00014959