Mental Health
Before the war, Ukraine already had a shortage of mental health professionals. Russia's invasion has exponentially increased the need for PTSD treatment for veterans and civilians.
ACHF works to improve the mental health infrastructure of Ukraine by offering support and training to psychologists and psychiatrists. The United Methodist Committee on Relief has supported many of these projects through generous grant funding, including a Mental Health Seminar in May 2024.
Between November 2024 and May 2025, five ACHF-supported clinicians helped provide 3,905 psychological counseling sessions to 2,067 individual patients. These patients are individuals include active duty soldiers, veterans, internally displaced persons and civilians. During this same period, 33 group therapy sessions were held, helping 198 mental health patients.
In total, between November 2024 and May 2025, the 19 clinicians who trained with ACHF provided a total of 6,048 counseling sessions to a total of 3,557 individual patients. In this same period, 62 group therapy sessions were conducted, with 379 individual group therapy clients assisted.


Dr. Richard Tedeschi Speaks on Posttraumatic Growth
Watch the seminar: Dr. Richard Tedeschi shared his knowledge of posttraumatic growth with a team of Ukrainian psychologists and clinicians.