Launching The Diaspora Psychologist

Support The Diaspora Psychologist: Care and Counsel for the Palestinian Community

In this moment of profound loss and ongoing displacement, Palestinians around the world are carrying a heavy emotional burden—one that is often overlooked, invalidated, or outright denied. The Diaspora Psychologist was founded to offer culturally grounded, trauma-informed care and community support to Palestinians in exile.

We are witnessing not only the destruction of lives, but also the erosion of dignity, language, and memory. For many, especially youth, the grief is not just personal—it’s generational. The Diaspora Psychologist exists to help individuals make sense of this pain, to offer space where they don’t have to explain their humanity, and to affirm that their experiences are real, valid, and worthy of care.

What Your Support Makes Possible

Your contribution helps cover the cost of:

One-on-one care for those struggling with fear, loss, anxiety, or isolation

Culturally responsive sessions for Palestinians navigating grief, identity, and exile

Support for students, parents, and community members who feel the weight of being Palestinian in a world that often denies their existence

Community support groups grounded in collective resilience, intergenerational story-sharing, and decolonial approaches to care

Why It Matters

Too many Palestinians in diaspora are left to carry trauma in silence. Western systems often pathologize our pain or require us to translate it into language that doesn’t belong to us. The Diaspora Psychologist rejects those models. Here, we center witness, culture, and connection as sacred forms of survival.

Your donation affirms that Palestinians deserve to be seen, heard, and supported—without condition or apology.

How You Can Help

Donate what you can. Every dollar helps fund sessions for those who can’t afford them.

Share this campaign to amplify our reach.

Stand with us in believing that being whole is a right—not a privilege.

From a mother navigating intergenerational grief, to a student silenced in classrooms, to elders who carry entire villages in their memories—The Diaspora Psychologist is here to hold space, bear witness, and remind them: they are not alone.

Thank you for believing in this work.

Thank you for standing with Palestine in heart, in care, and in action.

—Dr. Shirin Zarqa-Lederman

Founder, The Diaspora Psychologist