One of my students told me she was very depressed today .   Why ?   Her father is dying .   Oh , that ’ s very sad .   Yeah , she ’ s broken up about it , poor kid .   What did you do ?   I talked to her for a while , but she ’ s really depressed . So , I made an appointment with the school counselor for her .   That ’ s a good idea . The counselor is a psychologist . He ’ s better trained to handle these sorts of things .   Yeah , that ’ s what I told her . I ’ m glad she ’ s reaching out for help , instead of trying to deal with this on her own . 