Professional Referral
If you a school counselor or mental health professional looking to make a referral regarding a student, please complete the School Grief Support Referral Form.
For on-site or virtual individual or group children's services referrals, please call Jocelyn Chamra-Barrera, LCSW at (512) 467-2600 x31.
How to Help A Friend or Family Member
When someone we know is hurting, our first instinct is to want to do something to make that person feel “better”. One of the first ways to be helpful is to accept that there is nothing you can do to lessen their grief, and get comfortable with being uncomfortable in that reality. But you can make the grieving process less isolating and help healing begin. Here are some ways to help:
How to Support a Grieving Child or Teen
Children express grief differently than adults, and sometimes it may be hard to recognize the signs of their grief. Their grief may come in short spurts, and it’s important to remember they might not yet have the words to express their emotions. Also, each time they reach a new developmental stage, children and teens grief again. Here are some resources to understand how to support grieving children and teens.