--- title: "Mental health center of the «POVERNENNYA» network opens in Kremenchuk for military personnel and veterans" description: "A «POVERNENNYA» network mental health center has opened in Kremenchuk, offering free psychological and psychiatric care for military personnel, veterans, and their families." date: 2026-10-16T11:32:28.989Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/kremenchuk-mental-health-center-povernennya tags: [mental-health, ukraine, veterans, povernennya, kremenchuk, pinchuk, psychology] author: "Inna Kinsheva" publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Mental health center of the «POVERNENNYA» network opens in Kremenchuk for military personnel and veterans ![A military serviceman in camouflage communicates with a doctor in a bright consultation room of a support center](https://xab.info/media/2026/10/16/kremenchuk-centr-mentalnogo-zdorovya-povernennya/kremenchuk-centr-mentalnogo-zdorovya-povernennya-1.webp) ## Key Points - A «POVERNENNYA» network mental health center, founded by Viktor and Olena Pinchuk, has opened in Kremenchuk. - Military personnel, veterans, and their family members can receive free psychological and psychiatric care. - The center is designed with accessibility in mind and equipped with the Shiftwave System, art therapy materials, and a 50-book library. - Care is provided by a multidisciplinary team using cognitive behavioral and trauma-informed therapy. - The «POVERNENNYA» network includes 18 centers; the first phase aims for at least 25 centers supporting over 100,000 people annually. A new mental health center has started operating in Kremenchuk as part of the nationwide «POVERNENNYA» network founded by Viktor and Olena Pinchuk. Starting this year, military personnel, male and veteran female fighters, as well as their family members, will be able to receive free professional psychological and psychiatric care here. Funded by the project, capital renovations were carried out on the premises located within one of the city's key medical institutions — the Kremenchuk Intensive Care Hospital — where the center is now housed. ### What is equipped in the center The center's space includes rooms for individual and family support, a group therapy room, a two-bed day hospital ward, a treatment room, a reception area, and a waiting lounge. Special attention is paid to accessibility: wide doorways, no thresholds, non-slip flooring, and inclusive restrooms. The center is equipped with modern facilities, including the innovative Shiftwave System for psychological relief and stress management, art therapy materials, psychological games, sensory support tools, and multimedia equipment. Specialists have also been provided with a professional library of 50 books. ### How care is provided A multidisciplinary team works with visitors, including a psychologist, psychiatrists, a clinical psychologist, a psychologist, nurses, and a receptionist. When necessary, a veteran support specialist and a hospital staff member join the work. Evidence-based methods are applied — cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-informed therapy, with individual, family, and group consultations conducted. Medical treatment is prescribed if needed, and assistance is provided both on an outpatient basis and at the patients' place of residence. ### Project voices According to Artem Chernyshev, head of the «POVERNENNYA» center in Kremenchuk, for the region's military personnel and veterans, the opening of the center is primarily an opportunity to receive professional care close to home. «Our multidisciplinary team comprehensively assesses a person's condition and selects an individual approach to treatment. We work with various consequences of experienced wartime trauma, paying special attention to confidentiality, safety, and trust. It is important that everyone in need of support knows: help is available, professional, and free of charge», he noted. Project manager Svitlana Hrytsenko added that the fear of judgment and prejudice still causes many to keep quiet about psychological difficulties, which is why the network is developing so that everyone can receive support without fear of stigmatization. ### Network scale and plans The «POVERNENNYA» project is positioned as an example of private-public partnership: benefactors create comfortable and accessible mental health centers on the basis of state and municipal medical institutions, ensuring access to free professional care. Today, the network unites 18 centers operating in Vinnytsia, Dnipro, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv and the Kyiv region, Kremenchuk, Kropyvnytskyi, Lutsk, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil, Uzhhorod, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, and Chernihiv. At the first stage, the opening of at least 25 centers across Ukraine is planned, which will be able to provide support to more than 100,000 military personnel, veterans, and their family members annually. The center in Kremenchuk is located at: 80 Lesi Ukrainky Avenue, 4th floor, Kremenchuk Intensive Care Hospital. Contact phone number: +380 (63) 104-45-29, email: kremenchuk@povernennya.org. ## Fact-Check & Sources - [В Кременчуге открыли центр бесплатной психологической помощи "ПОВЕРНЕННЯ" для военных](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/kremenchutsi-vidkrili-tsentr-bezoplatnoyi-1792135973.html) - Primary source: confirms the center's opening, team composition, equipment, address, phone number, number of network centers (18), and plans (at least 25 centers, 100+ thousand people annually). ## FAQ ### Who can receive free care at the «POVERNENNYA» center in Kremenchuk? Military personnel, male and female veterans, as well as their family members can receive free professional psychological and psychiatric care annually. ### Where is the center located and how to contact them? Address: Kremenchuk, 80 Lesi Ukrainky Avenue, 4th floor, Kremenchuk Intensive Care Hospital. Phone: +380 (63) 104-45-29, e-mail: kremenchuk@povernennya.org. ### What methods are used at the center? Evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral and trauma-informed therapy are applied, with individual, family, and group consultations; medication is prescribed if necessary, and care is provided out-patient or at home. ### How many centers are in the «POVERNENNYA» network and what are the plans? Today, the network unites 18 centers in various Ukrainian cities. The first stage plans for at least 25 centers capable of supporting over 100,000 military personnel, veterans, and family members annually.