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Sharon is a Sudanese refugee who came to the United States ten years ago. She visits you, a counselor at a local clinic, with reports of insomnia. She tells you she has been unable to sleep since she has not heard from some of her relatives back in Sudan. She also tells you she jumps at the slightest sounds and has been having trouble concentrating at work. Sharon also mentions that while in Sudan, some very bad things happened to her and her sisters, but she doesn’t want to explain further. As she tells you this, she begins to shake and cry. How might you help her process and recover from past events?