We strive to create a safe and nurturing space where individuals can openly reflect on their experiences, acknowledge their emotions, and navigate life’s challenges with support and understanding. Life presents us with difficulties that can feel overwhelming, whether it’s the weight of grief, the struggle with anxiety, the exhaustion of burnout, the pain of heartbreak, or the darkness of depression. Caregivers, too, often carry immense emotional and physical burdens, making it essential to have a place where they can be heard and supported.

Our community is built on the foundation of empathy, connection, and healing. Here, individuals from all walks of life can come together to share their stories, find solace in mutual experiences, and gain strength from one another. We believe in the power of shared healing, where people can express their emotions without judgment, receive encouragement, and develop coping strategies to move forward.

By fostering a compassionate environment, we hope to provide not just a space for emotional support but also a pathway toward growth and resilience. Together, we embrace the journey of healing, adapting to challenges, and rediscovering hope, knowing that no one has to face their struggles alone.

R.A.A.H. was born from a simple need-a safe space where people could be seen, heard, and supported. What started as small conversations grew into a community of shared healing. “RAAH,” meaning path, symbolizes our journey together-through struggles, growth, and connection. Here, no one walks alone.

Both the facilitators realised the need for a calming and healing space for individuals to find support in navigating life’s diverse challenges.

Pranay Javeri is a qualified psychologist with over 3 years of experience who combines different therapeutic techniques to meet each client’s unique needs. He brings a trauma-informed, queer-affirmative, & intersectional perspective to his practice, making sure everyone feels safe, respected, and valued. Pranay’s goal is to help clients find hope for a brighter future. Outside of work, he’s usually curled up with a good book or enjoying the company of cats!

Priyanka Rawlani is an expressive arts therapy practitioner, singer, and artist. For over two years, she has supported people of all ages by creating a safe and reflective space. Her approach is trauma-informed, queer-affirmative, neurodivergent-affirmative, feminist, and socially aware. She believes that safety isn’t just personal, it’s something we build together. When the world is safer, we feel safer too.

Our Intentions for this Support Group are:
• Emotional Support: A non-judgmental space for open conversations and shared struggles.
• Community Healing: Strengthening resilience through collective wisdom and solidarity.
• Growth & Learning: Encouraging self-exploration through expressive arts and peer-led discussions.
• Accessibility & Inclusion: Ensuring RAAH is open to all who seek support.

This support group welcomes all individuals over the age of 18 who are facing various life challenges. Whether you are struggling with grief, anxiety, burnout, heartbreak, depression, or caregiver stress, this space offers understanding, connection, and encouragement. Together, we create a compassionate community where healing, resilience, and growth are nurtured.

Our group’s approach is eclectic in nature, using diverse modalities drawing from Expressive Arts therapy, narrative, Gestalt therapy, somatic work, CBT and DBT. Both the facilitators come from a trauma informed, intersectional and person-centred lens. Both are also queer affirmative in approach.

Our practice is built on an eclectic approach to therapy, acknowledging the importance of individual needs and the diversity of the people we serve. We integrate a person-centered approach with various therapeutic modalities, including narrative therapy, CBT, DBT, ACT, expressive arts, and others. This approach empowers clients to challenge limiting, problem-focused narratives and reshape them into more meaningful and affirming stories, fostering a greater sense of agency and self-determination.

The facilitators are specially trained to work through a trauma-informed and queer-affirmative lens, ensuring that every client feels seen, heard, and supported. We are committed to providing an inclusive and validating space where individuals can explore their identities, experiences, and challenges without fear of judgment or discrimination.

We are committed to fostering a safe and supportive space where all respectful conversations centred on growth and healing are welcomed. Whether discussing personal struggles, emotional challenges, or life transitions, we encourage open dialogue that promotes understanding, resilience, and self-discovery, ensuring everyone feels heard, valued, and empowered on their journey.

People who are interested can reach out to us or fill out our form, and we will guide them through the next steps.

The average format of the session begins with some grounding exercise to help the members anchor and come to present. Once grounded, some icebreaker is done to initiate rapport building among the group members. The session will mainly focus on facilitating meaningful conversations among the group members using certain prompts or activities drawn from diverse approaches like expressive arts therapy, narrative therapy, CBT, DBT, etc. The facilitators will ensure that each member gets a safe and comfortable space to share. Other than that, they will ensure each member’s thoughts, feelings and experiences are validated, respected and valued. Facilitators and participants will offer a gesture of acknowledgment to each member after they share to express their empathy and understanding. The session will end with a discussion of the takeaways by each member followed by an unwinding activity /exercise.

Our home rules and values are: Empathy, non-judgement, inclusivity, Take space, Give space, and mutual respect.

We hope to give them warmth, solidarity and empathy to take back with them after a session. The group is meant to foster a sense of support and community. We hope they feel less alone in their experiences after a session. We aim to provide them with collectively created tools and strategies to deal with the challenges they face and to instil a sense of belonging within each individual.