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When grief involves trauma − a social worker explains how to support survivors of the recent floods and other devastating losses

  • Written by Liza Barros-Lane, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Houston-Downtown
imageRain falls over a makeshift memorial for flood victims along the Guadalupe River on July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas.AP Photo/Eric Gay

The July 4, 2025, floods in Kerr County, Texas, swept away children and entire families, leaving horror in their wake. Days later, flash floods struck Ruidoso, New Mexico, killing three people, including two young...

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