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Helping grieving children and their families find support and connection in New York.

We All Grieve

Roula’s Kids provides dynamic and age-appropriate grief support for children and families in the Hudson Valley through expressive arts, play, and physical activity. One of the few settings for grieving children in the Hudson Valley area, Roula’s Kids is led by Maria Georgopoulos, a trained clinician with 25 years of experience working with grieving families and mental health.

Bereavement Support
for Children and Their Families

Groups are free of charge and take place after school. 

  • Littles

    6-9 years old

  • Middles

    10-12 years old

  • Teens

    13-18 years old

  • Caregivers

    Caregivers

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  • “During our time attending the grief group my children and I had the opportunity to be counseled by Maria Georgopoulos. Not only was she an amazing counselor but she was patient, kind and supportive…Her position was not only a job to her, but her passion showed in all that she did. Though it was a tough process she made our journey an easy one. We will always be grateful and will never forget her.”

    –Nichole, Jada, Jayvon & Jahlia

  • "I first met both Maria and my fellow group members in 2016, following the death of my brother in late 2015. At 15 years old and getting ready to take my SAT, I really needed more support than what I was able to generate for myself at the time. Group was a great way for me to process the inner workings of my grief and anger, partially because I got to hear how others my age expressed their own grief and partially because it gave me time away from school to focus-in on the pain that I felt. School was a healthy escape and group was a healthy inability to escape - who knew things as simple as making a puzzle could help me process my emotions. Thank you to Maria for changing my life for the better and guiding me on how to live my new normal life without my older brother."

    –Alena

Meet Maria

Our mission at Roula’s Kids is to help children and their families grieving a death find support and connection in the Hudson Valley through age appropriate grief groups with others who are going through something similar. Roula’s Kids, named for my mother who died when I was 20, provides a safe space where we validate and normalize the many feelings children can experience in their grief and helps them find ways to cope. Children receive age-appropriate support to help them understand more about death, cope with all they’ve lost, remember their person, and learn how to live a life that honors the person who died.

We know what grief can do to a family

Grief can be a lonely process, especially for children who do not possess a vocabulary that can help them describe all the ways the death of someone is affecting them. That is why Roula’s Kids is such an important place. Children will receive age-appropriate support to help them understand the loss, cope with the loss, remember their person, and learn how to live a life that honors their person.

We teach children to manage their grief.

We believe that children can and should be allowed to be children, even while dealing with a painful loss. Roula’s Kids teaches children to manage their grief, which, if left unaddressed, can affect self-esteem, and lead to a variety of mental health struggles such as anxiety or depression. We are here to help.