Gregor, a night watchman, was encouraged by his wife to enter treatment for his depression. During the initial session, he revealed great anger and resentment toward his boss, who blocked a raise for him. He perceived this as causing great financial hardship for his family and vowed to "snuff" the boss. Gregor's psychologist took this threat seriously and was obligated to
A) document it in his files in case Gregor acted and actually harmed his boss.
B) report the threat to Gregor's boss and law enforcement officials.
C) maintain confidentiality despite the potential risk to the boss.
D) have Gregor sign a statement promising that he would not act on his threat.
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