Tag: Trauma and Grief
How to Support Grieving Children During the Holidays
This column was authored by the executive director of the Meadows Institute’s Trauma and Grief Center, Julie Kaplow, PhD and published in was published in Psychology Today on November 13, 2024. For many of us,…
How to Talk to Children About a Suicide Death
This column was authored by the executive director of the Meadows Institute’s Trauma and Grief Center, Julie Kaplow, PhD and published in was published in Psychology Today on September 23, 2024. The death of a…
Good Grief: What Does It Mean to Mourn in a Healthy Way?
This column was authored by the executive director of the Meadows Institute’s Trauma and Grief Center, Julie Kaplow, PhD and published in was published in Psychology Today on August 22, 2024. Death may be universal,…
When Is Therapy Necessary for a Grieving Child?
This column was authored by the executive director of the Meadows Institute’s Trauma and Grief Center, Julie Kaplow, PhD and published in was published in Psychology Today on July 12, 2024. Bereavement is the most common…
A gunman stole his twin from him. This is what he’s learned about grieving a sibling
This article was published by NPR on April 10, 2024. Read or listen to the full story on NPR’s website. Zion Kelly still thinks of himself as a twin. By the time he and his…
A gunman stole his twin from him. This is what he’s learned about grieving a sibling
This article was published by NPR on March 21, 2024. Read the full article on NPR’s website. Zion Kelly still thinks of himself as a twin. By the time he and his fraternal twin, Zaire, were in their mid-teens, people often mistook Zaire as the older of…
Seeking professional help for mental health
This segment aired on KPRC Click2Houston on February 13, 2024. Psychologist Dr. Julie Kaplow talks about how shootings affect people and how to reach out for help if you or someone you know is facing…
Silent struggles: Grieving Houston-area students’ well-being at stake as COVID-19 funds fade
This article was published by Houston Landing on January 4, 2024. Each day after his shift as a machine operator, Eliberto Ortega used to walk through the front door of his east Houston home, take…
How to support grieving children over the holidays: 5 tips from a child psychologist
For many of us, the holiday season is a happy and joyful time that we look forward to all year. But after experiencing the death of a loved one, the holidays can be a very…
Con este programa buscan capacitar a estudiantes de trabajo social en Houston en temas de salud mental
This segment ran on KXLN Houston (Univision) on September 6, 2023. View on Univision’s website.
New Study Finds Grief Therapy May Reduce Violent Behavior Among Incarcerated Youth
A new research study published in the American Psychological Association’s journal, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, and co-authored by Dr. Julie Kaplow, executive director of the Trauma and Grief Center at the Meadows Mental…
Mass shootings taking toll on children’s mental health: ‘Our kids should not have to live like this’
This article was published by the Houston Chronicle on May 23, 2023. Nora Senske and her classmates sat in a locked basement classroom at Lamar High School for several hours on a recent Monday as…
Grief and trauma training is unexpectedly healing for school district staff in Texas
This interview was released by NPR on December 1, 2022. At a school district in Texas, mental health professional training to address grief and trauma is healing for school-based therapists and social workers who lost…
Five Signs a Grieving Child May Need Help This Holiday Season
HOUSTON – As the holidays approach, Dr. Julie Kaplow-Kline with the Trauma and Grief Center is sharing five signs a grieving child may need help. For young people dealing with the death of a loved…
Day 2 Highlights
Engage & Excel 2022
Day 2 Highlights
The Engage & Excel Conference continued this morning for its second and final day. Attendees and speakers involved in mental health from diverse industries came together to share their perspectives on the most daunting challenges…
Engage & Excel 2022
Highlights from Day 1 of
Engage & Excel 2022
This morning we kicked off Engage & Excel 2022 both virtually and in-person to an enthusiastic audience in Plano, TX. Below are highlights from our morning kickoff and a few of today’s Breakout Sessions—deep dives…
