Peace Therapist
Healing minds. Strengthening communities. Building peace.
is a youth-led, refugee-founded mental health and peacebuilding initiative working across the Middle East, T¨¹rkiye, and globally to strengthen individual and collective resilience in contexts affected by conflict, displacement and crisis.
At its core, Peace Therapist is built on a simple but powerful belief: there is no sustainable peace without inner peace.
Making healing accessible in times of crisis
Peace Therapist provides anonymous, culturally sensitive psychological support in people's mother languages ¨C Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish and English ¨C ensuring that care is accessible, dignified, and safe for those who need it most.
The platform reaches refugees, earthquake survivors, youth, women, and families affected by conflict and displacement, as well as individuals from host communities, helping reduce stigma and barriers around mental health.
Turning technology into a tool for peace
Founded by a computer engineer and peacebuilder, , Peace Therapist combines technology and care.
Through AI-supported matching, individuals are paired with psychologists based on language, cultural background, lived experience and needs, ensuring support is relevant and effective. With a network of 150+ native-speaking psychologists from across the Arab region, T¨¹rkiye, and beyond ¨C including Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, and Syria ¨C the platform reflects the diversity of the communities it serves.
Strengthening social cohesion and community resilience
Peace Therapist works at both individual and community levels. Alongside one-on-one therapy, the organization delivers:
- Group therapy and peer-support programmes
- Psychosocial awareness and psychoeducation sessions
- Social cohesion activities bringing together refugees and host communities
A social plan that leaves no one behind
Peace Therapist operates a year-round social plan that enables organizations, institutions, and partners to directly support free therapy for the most vulnerable ¨C refugees, women, youth and crisis-affected populations. The stronger the platform grows, the more people can access care at no cost. When the Turkiye-Syria earthquakes struck, Peace Therapist mobilized within hours, becoming one of the only initiatives providing free Arabic-language mental health support at scale, reaching tens of thousands in an extremely short time.
Impact at a glance
- 70,000+ people reached across 26 countries
- Millions of therapy minutes delivered
- Four languages, 150+ psychologists
- Ninety-eight per cent positive beneficiary feedback
Peace Therapist collaborates with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ agencies, governments, and civil society organizations, contributing to peacebuilding, mental health, and protection efforts at national, regional, and global levels. The initiative has been recognized globally, including through the and the
Why it matters
Mental health is not a side issue in peace and security ¨C it is foundational. Peace Therapist shows what is possible when youth-led solutions combine experience, technology and care to address the invisible wounds of conflict and displacement.
When people heal, communities rebuild.
When communities rebuild, peace becomes possible.