About Us

We are founded on the belief that people do heal, rebuild relationships, reconnect with meaning, and discover new possibilities even after experiencing trauma, loss, grief, conflict, or profound adversity.

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Thaddeus (Teddy) Chakee

Psychotherapist | Counsellor | MHPSS Specialist | Peace and Conflict Practitioner

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A Journey Toward Healing, Wholeness, Resilience, and Peace

Aurora Anchor Psychotherapy and Wellness was founded on the belief that people can heal, rebuild relationships, reconnect with meaning, and discover new possibilities even after experiencing trauma, loss, grief, conflict, or profound adversity.

We provide a compassionate, confidential, and professionally grounded space for individuals, couples, families, teams, organizations, and communities navigating emotional distress, trauma, grief, life transitions, relationship challenges, burnout, conflict, and questions of purpose and meaning.

Our approach integrates psychotherapy, counselling, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), trauma recovery, resilience building, peace and conflict practice, relational healing, and organizational wellbeing. We recognize that healing is multidimensional and can involve the mind, body, emotions, relationships, identity, values, spirituality, and sense of purpose.

Meet Thaddeus (Teddy) Chakee

Thaddeus (Teddy) Chakee, is our Lead Consultant, He is a psychotherapist, counsellor, MHPSS specialist, trainer, and peace and conflict practitioner with more than 28 years of professional experience across Africa. His career has focused on supporting individuals, families, humanitarian workers, teams, organizations, and communities affected by trauma, emotional distress, conflict, loss, and adversity.

Teddy brings together psychotherapy and peacebuilding, with expertise in trauma-informed care, grief counselling, resilience programming, staff wellbeing, psychosocial support, Psychological First Aid, organizational wellbeing, training, and clinical supervision.

As an EMDR-trained therapist, Teddy incorporates EMDR-informed practice alongside relational, narrative, somatic, mindfulness-based, and other integrative approaches. His practice is collaborative and tailored to each person's unique experiences, strengths, values, culture, and goals.

His extensive experience supporting humanitarian, health, and development organizations has shaped a distinctive understanding of the connection between individual wellbeing, healthy relationships, organizational culture, resilience, and peace.

Our Philosophy

At Aurora Anchor, we believe healing is not simply about reducing symptoms or forgetting what happened. Healing is about finding peace in who you are becoming.

Therapy can provide an opportunity to process painful experiences, rebuild trust, strengthen resilience, restore healthy relationships, and rediscover hope, purpose, and possibility.

We also recognize that healing may involve deeper questions of faith, identity, values, meaning, and spirituality. Our psychospiritual perspective respects each client's worldview without imposing beliefs, creating space to explore what gives life meaning and provides strength.

Our Mission

• To nurture healing and peace through compassionate, integrative psychotherapy and psychosocial support that restores calm, hope, resilience, meaning, and healthy connection.

Our Vision

• A world where individuals, families, organizations, and communities experience emotional wellbeing, inner peace, relational harmony, resilience, and restored dignity.

Begin Your Healing Journey

Whether you are seeking support for yourself, your relationship, your family, your team, or your organization, Aurora Anchor provides a safe and compassionate space for reflection, healing, resilience, and growth.

Find your anchor. Rediscover your peace. Reconnect with what matters.