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Learn MoreVilnyy Vybir
Since 2015, Vilnyy Vybir has been providing free psychological support to veterans and their families using evidence-based psychotherapy methods.
- 11
- years of experience
- 64000
- consultations provided
- 70
- mental health professionals
- 350
- therapeutic groups conducted
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Our services
Psychological support
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- # Manual
«На рівні зв’язків» — це посібник про нейропластичність, відновлення та підтримку нервової системи.
- # Testimony
The first large-scale study of the mental health of children whose parents are currently serving or have previously served in the military.
- # Camps
- # Workshops
Vilnyi Camp offers participants a supportive environment filled with understanding and professional care.
- # Online course
An online course for prosecutors and those responsible for taking testimonies. It covers how to conduct interviews with victims and witnesses of war crimes in a trauma-informed manner.
- # Intervision
- # Manual
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Intervision sessions are designed to improve the quality of work among mental health professionals, prevent emotional burnout, and address therapeutic challenges. This guide explains how to organize and facilitate intervision sessions.
- # Crisis states
- # Notebook
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This workbook brings together practical techniques, questionnaires, and exercises that will help you:
assess your current state, resources, and needs;
understand the nature of your emotional reactions;
learn simple and effective methods of self-regulation in stressful situations.
Mobile psychological support via the Baza app
The app was created in collaboration with veterans and allows users to remain anonymous
Basics
Essential information about the challenges veterans commonly face
Tools
Stabilization techniques, meditations, mood tracker, and more
Crisis Button
Helps manage emotional overwhelm during acute moments
Useful Contacts
A list of helpful contacts for defenders
Our donors and partners
- Creation of a workbook for veterans.
- Creation of a workbook for partners of veterans.
- Provision of individual counseling sessions for veterans and their families.
- Thanks to the cooperation with the Czech humanitarian organization "People in Need," with the financial support of the United States government, within the framework of the "DOVIRA" project.
- Promoting burnout prevention among medical personnel and enhancing their qualifications through the acquisition of new skills.
- Providing high-quality, scientifically based, professional psychological and psychotherapeutic support for the family members of wounded veterans and other people affected by war trauma.
- Developing and disseminating guidebooks for medical personnel.
- The project is funded by the Czech Ministry of the Interior via MEDEVAC Programme.
- Updating and expanding the content of the "Baza" mobile application — developing new text and visual content with the involvement of mental health professionals, as well as integrating new psychoeducational materials and tools into the application.
- Updating the design and functionality of the application in line with the principles of accessibility and inclusivity, including developing new layouts and implementing technical updates to the frontend and backend.
- Releasing an updated version of the "Baza" mobile application in compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, to make psychological support more accessible to various groups of defenders and their families.
- Providing individual psychological support to veterans and their family members using evidence-based psychotherapy methods.
- Conducting psychoeducational trainings to develop self-help skills, emotional self-regulation, stress management, and trauma-sensitive communication.
- Developing and distributing a practical self-support guide for veterans and their family members, with recommendations on self-help, supporting loved ones, and seeking psychological assistance.
- Raising awareness among veterans, their families, and specialists from organizations working with them about mental health, the effects of traumatic experience, self-support practices, and available psychological support services.
- Ensuring access to crisis psychological support and information through a hotline.
- Providing individual crisis psychological counseling for persons affected by the war.
- Providing individual support to beneficiaries through the work of a case manager, serving as the first point of contact for those in need of assistance.
- Ensuring substantive oversight of the psychological team's work and organizing group supervisions.
- The project is funded from the state budget as part of the Polish development cooperation program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.
- The project "Humanitarian Aid — Ukraine 2026" is jointly implemented by the Kalejdoskop Kultur Foundation, the "Vilnyy Vybir" organization, and the War Veterans Hospital in Berdychiv. The Kalejdoskop Kultur Foundation serves as the project leader.
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Reviews
I reached out to 'Vilnyi Vybir' after my husband was killed in the war. For a year, I cried every day and spent most of my time at the cemetery. My mental state was very difficult, and emotionally I was only getting worse. Now, I feel better — I’m beginning to live again, though it remains a very hard journey.
Alina
Wife of a fallen defender
I’ve been in therapy for just over three months. After about two months, I noticed significant improvement. I managed to come out of depression without medication.
Zarina
Wife of a defender
The therapy is very comfortable, and I feel significant progress on my concerns and identified issues. The specialist is very flexible, and we are always able to reschedule sessions when needed
Anonymous
Service member
Community experience
Frequently Asked Questions
Active-duty military personnel, veterans of all genders, their family members, and families of the fallen soldiers or those in captivity.
The search for a specialist usually takes 3–5 working days after your request. However, therapists’ workloads can change frequently, so you will be informed about any waiting times or queues during the intake process.
The frequency of consultations is determined by your assigned specialist.
Yes, all information you share with your therapist during sessions is confidential.
Yes. If needed, you can request to change your therapist once.
We are not a crisis hotline. We accept requests for free individual sessions with psychotherapists or refer people to psychiatrists.
If you are in a crisis, here are hotlines you can call:
Crisis line ‘Life Line Ukraine’:
7333
Crisis support line of Ukrainian Veteran Fund:
0-800-332-029
Hotline by the NGO ‘Empowering women in Ukraine’
0-800-332-720 (Available daily from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM)