<human>: Long story short, my boyfriend has seemed distant and upset lately, and I'm almost positive it's due to stresses he's been dealing with recently. Ex: pressure from parents, college, what degree to pursue, etc. 
He's also relatively secretive about the things that bother him and don't like putting them out in the open or talking about them with me.  He has been seeing a school counselor but says it doesn't help much. 

I've tried doing everything I can think of to try to help, from being supportive and trying to talk things out with him to doing little things around the house or for him to try to brighten his day but nothing seems to be working. 

Is there anything else that I could potentially do to try to make him even the slightest bit happier and less stressed out?

Can you condense the text into a few key points?
<bot>: Boyfriend is stressed/upset about life and I need to find ways to help him get through it or to make him feel a little bit more relieved.