“I feel like I'm in a room and I can hear somebody talking, and I'm like, ‘Okay, I know what they mean, but I don't think the person you're talking to knows what you mean. What you're saying is not what they're hearing.’”

That’s Bryan Hudson, who’s in year two of a three-year master’s degree program in counseling at FGCU.

He has always wanted to help people communicate better so they understand each other. Now he is providing counseling to clients inside and outside the university, under the supervision of licensed mental health professionals.

Counseling is available on a very affordable sliding scale of $5 to $25 per hour, and counselors can work with individuals, couples, and children, whether they have a connection to FGCU or not.

“We give counseling to the community. And that’s so

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