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Abstract The main purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of the Group Counseling Program applied to mothers of children with moderate-severe mental and physical disabilities on psychological well-being, experiential avoidance, depression, anxiety, and stress. Groups were formed with the participation of 28 people in total, 14 people in the experimental group, and 14 people in the control group. For this reason, the study was designed according to the pretest-posttest matched control group design, and random sampling method was used to determine the study group. The study group was formed considering that it is easily accessible and applicable. The study design can be classified as a randomized controlled experimental test in terms of its function. Sessions includes different themes [An orientation/doing design for group counseling, the personal values and Powers, the mind and behavior, a creative despair, the concept of gratitude (appreciation), forgiveness, self/conscious awareness, the meaning of life and hope, evaluation]. Personal Information Form, Acceptance and Action Form-II (KEF-II), Depression Anxiety Stress Scale Short Form (DASS-21), Five-Dimensional Well-Being Scale (PERMA) forms were used to collect data. A group counseling program that was based on Contextual Positive Psychology Approach was applied to the experimental group, and no interventions were applied to the control group. A pretest was applied At the beginning of the sessions, and after the end (final session), the same set of measuring instruments was applied to the experimental and control group as a posttest. As a result of the study, a significant decrease in favor of the experimental group was detected in terms of depression, stress, anxiety, and experiential avoidance levels, and a significant increase was detected in the level of well-being.