The nurse is caring for a 55 year old female client with metastatic breast cancer. During a home visit, the nurse finds the client's 22 year old daughter weeping at the kitchen table. The daughter explains that she just realized that her mother will not be alive when she gets married or has children of her own. Recognizing anticipatory grief in the young woman, the best nursing intervention is:

a. Stress prognoses are difficult to predict
b. Advise the daughter to focus more on the present than the future
c. Provide therapeutic presence and practice active listening
d. Educate the daughter regarding the signs and symptoms of disease progression