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Nathalie Timtchenko launched First Aid of the Soul in the weeks after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The group offers free virtual drop-in support groups for Ukrainians coping with the effects of war.

Therapists say it's vital to address mental health concerns now so they aren't insurmountable after the war.

On February 24, 2022, therapist Nathalie Timtchenko watched the news in horror.

Russian tanks rolled toward Kyiv, the beloved city where she’d counseled clients for all of her nearly decade-long career . She had recently moved to working in Boston-area psychiatric hospitals while her husband attended graduate school there.

Yet she couldn’t stop thinking about all the friends, family, and colleagues back in Ukraine, sheltering in place as air raid sirens p

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