"Well... counseling is a tool, right? It's meant to be where... you go to someone with authority and entrust them with your sensitive problems. I think that's pretty different than talking to someone one-on-one, on equal footing. You need both - and a lot of people have a lopsided experience one way or the other."

It looked like he was getting in his head 'academically' again, right now, too.

"There's perspectives to be gained in all sorts of different connections. Having a mentor, being a mentor, having a peer, or having a friend... if you think you get too stuck in the academia of it all, you should remind yourself to expose yourself to the emotional side of talking to people too."