Summary: Hindering Sleep

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I really found this article to be addictive. I read it 3 times, I enjoyed it that much. It looked at counselor’s point of thoughts of a new student struggling with a sleep problem and possible an emotional problem hindering his sleep. It seemed like the counselor thought that Steve was having issues sleeping because he was the newest student on campus and it could be nothing more than first day jitters, and that this alone was causing his issue of his sleep problem.
After reading the article it was quite clear the counselor was on the journey right along with Steve. Steve has a personal goal in that he just wanted to be more normal then not. The counselor wanted to help Steve find the deeper root of his problems. I think it took the counselor

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