> giving each kid a therapist is not feasible.
Why not? We expect a healthy child to have a doctor, a healthy child to have a friend group. Why not expect them to have a mental doctor/therapist?
Why not? We expect a healthy child to have a doctor, a healthy child to have a friend group. Why not expect them to have a mental doctor/therapist?
maybe there's value in occasionally seeing a therapist for a "mental health checkup", but weekly one-on-ones obviously doesn't scale to every single child.
An appropriate course of treatment for each child with a diagnosable condition for which it is appropriate certainly does. Maybe weekly sessions 52 weeks a year, every year, for every child regardless of need doesn't, but why would you do that anyway?
Basically for every treatment a certain percentage of patients will get worse, not better. So just like you'd only prescribe drugs when needed due to the risks, prescribing therapy when not needed is a bad idea.