Ukraine Center for Traumatic Stress
Ukraine's first systematic platform to help veterans — and their families — recover from the psychological cost of war. Founded by the Borderlands Foundation, led by Major General (Ret.) Vladyslav Klochkov.
A new approach to PTSD therapy
The Center for Traumatic Stress is the first systematic platform in Ukraine dedicated to helping military personnel and their families overcome the effects of PTSD — comprehensive psychological assistance and rehabilitation that helps them return to a full life.
Our vision is an advanced recovery model built for Ukrainian realities and the best global experience — integrating scientific research, innovative therapy, and social support into lasting psychological recovery. The next step: a national network of regional centers.
The scale
Left unaddressed, war trauma spills into every part of society — a 14% rise in domestic violence in 2024 alone. Rehabilitation isn't charity. It's how a country recovers.
What we do
With the University of Texas and international institutions, we develop and test advanced methods for treating PTSD — evidence, adapted to Ukraine.
Training for psychotherapists and doctors, social workers, veterans and their families, and community volunteers — building the specialists a nation in recovery needs.
Over 40 rehabilitation sessions delivered — group and individual therapy across psychological, physical, and social adaptation.
Movement therapy, art therapy, and crisis counseling built for women veterans and military families — needs the system has ignored for too long.
Who the system forgets
69,000 women serve in Ukraine's Armed Forces; more than 5,500 are on the front lines. They come home to a system with almost no programs built for them — for reproductive health, for the consequences of gender-based violence, for returning to family and society. We build those programs.
The Center's director
From 2021 to 2024, Klochkov led moral and psychological support for the entire Armed Forces of Ukraine. A soldier for 26 years, he rose from platoon commander to Major General, commanded the 93rd Mechanized Brigade in combat in the east, and earned a PhD studying how resilience is built under fire. He pioneered treating psychological support as essential as ammunition. Now he is building the place that keeps that promise to those who served.
“The opening of the Center is our duty to those who risked their lives for Ukraine. We help not only veterans return to life, but everyone affected by the war. The next step must be a network of regional centers — for servicemen and their families alike.”
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Your support opens rehabilitation centers, trains specialists, and delivers free therapy to those who served.