More Play and Less Therapy for Students July 23, 2022 from Free to Learn School-aged children are suffering from stress and its associated anxiety and depression at epidemic levels. One result is that schools, more than ever before, are going into the mental health business. They are hiring, or lobbying to hire, more therapists and counselors. The job market for school psychologists is rosy. Some schools are bringing in new socio-emotional learning (SEL) courses aimed at teaching students to be more aware of their own and one another’s feelings and ways of reducing negative feelings through cognitive means.