For families rebuilding a life in a new country.
A small group held entirely in your own language — so you don’t have to translate your pain into a second one to be understood.
Leaving home is not one loss. It is a hundred small ones — the language that fit your mouth, the streets you knew without thinking, the people who could finish your sentences, the version of yourself that made sense where you came from. You arrive somewhere safer, and you are grateful, and still something in you is grieving. Both things are true at once.
And you rebuild anyway. You learn the new language, find the work, get the children into school, hold the family together — often while people you love are still far away. You do all of it in a second language, among people who cannot quite picture what you left. It is a great deal to carry, and most of it gets carried quietly.
The things that are hardest to say elsewhere — among people who don’t need them explained.
The group runs in Ukrainian or in Russian — separately — in a small, closed circle that stays the same from beginning to end, which is what makes it safe enough to be honest. It meets over six evenings, about ninety minutes each.
Because it holds tender and sometimes painful experiences, it begins with a short, private conversation between you and me — no pressure, no commitment — so we can make sure this is the right group at the right moment for you. If it isn’t, or if something you’re carrying would be better held one-to-one first, I’ll help you find the right next step either way.
This is not a lecture, and it is not a place where you have to perform being fine. You are not required to share more than you want to — some people speak a great deal and some mostly listen, and both belong here. It is mutual support among people who understand each other, held with real clinical care, but without the coldness or the stigma that word sometimes carries.
I’m a licensed therapist, and I have made this crossing myself — the languages, the immigrant life, a whole career left behind and slowly rebuilt. I am not an outsider asking you to explain your world to me. I know something of what it costs, and I hold this group in Ukrainian and in Russian for exactly that reason.
Groups run out-of-network and privately. Paying in full at enrollment holds your place for the whole series — and lets the group form as a stable, closed circle: the same people, from beginning to end.
A full refund if you withdraw before the first session. In the first two weeks, a prorated refund or a credit toward a future group. Once the group has formed, the remaining sessions aren’t refundable — the circle was built around your place in it — but if something serious comes up, talk to me and we’ll find a fair way through.
A superbill is available for possible partial reimbursement through your out-of-network benefits. Whether a group qualifies depends on its nature, so it’s best to check with your insurance company.
It begins with a short, private conversation — no pressure, no commitment. Reach out and we’ll find the right group and the right moment for you.