Amarillo Vet Center
Your Vet Center counselor can connect you to either in-patient or out-patient substance abuse treatment in the community.
Our Vet Center provides marriage, couples, and family counseling to eligible service members and their families that may experience readjustment and relational distress following redeployment, military relocation, retirement, or incidents of infidelity, and much more.
Reach out to the Amarillo Vet Center if you or your organization would like to learn more about VA Benefits and Services, Veteran culture, and how we can collaborate to support the Veteran community.
We can provide individual or group educational briefings, exhibit at your organizations' events, and establish clinical partnerships with your organizations.
We work closely with various Veteran Service Offices in several counties, that work at no charge, to help Veterans and service members apply for local, state, and federal benefits.
The Amarillo Vet Center partners with organizations like:
- Veteran Service Organizations, community leaders, and elected representatives
- Military installations and units, including the National Guard and Reserve
- Businesses, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and the Texas Workforce Commission
- Health care systems and providers, members of the clergy, government agencies, and many more
The Amarillo Vet Center partners with the Amarillo VA Hospital to bring awareness about VA S.A.V.E. This training will help you act with care and compassion if you encounter a Veteran or service member who is in crisis or experiencing suicidal thoughts. If you are interested in receiving this free training for yourself or your organization please contact the Amarillo Vet Center staff at 806-354-9779.
Our Vet Center provides grief and bereavement services to immediate family members which include:
- The families of Veterans and service members who were receiving Vet Center services at the time of the Veteran's death
- The families (including parents or caregivers) of service members who died while serving on active duty
Staff counselors utilize active listening, compassion, and empathy coupled with elements of the Grief Recovery Method. Our staff will support members through providing skills and tools to improve concentration and focus, improve disrupted sleep patterns, manage the “roller coaster of emotions”, and much more.
We can also connect you to the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) for assistance with burial and survivor services.
At the Amarillo Vet Center, we offer individual and group counseling. We also provide referral services to appropriate resources in our community.
Care at our center includes:
- One-on-one hour-long counseling sessions targeted at your individual needs
- Group counseling for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Desert Storm Veterans, Vietnam Veterans, service members and more
We offer evidence-based therapies such as:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)
The Amarillo Vet Center provides a safe and comfortable, environment for services where both male and female counselors can help.
At the Amarillo Vet Center, we offer individual and group counseling.
Care at our Center includes:
- Anger management
- Stress management
- Emotional regulation
Evidence-based therapies such as:
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)
You and your counselor can determine if group work may be beneficial to your progress.
Our staff is also trained to provide VA S.A.V.E. Training that will help you act with care and compassion if you encounter a Veteran who is in crisis or experiencing suicidal thoughts. If you are interested in receiving this free training for yourself or your organization please contact the Amarillo Vet Center staff at 806-354-9779.
Amarillo Vet Center can help you:
- Understand VA medical benefits and provide guidance on documents needed for enrollment.
- Find a VSO to file claims and other benefits paperwork.
- Connect you to representatives for VA education benefits.
- Find a point of contact for VA and state burial benefits.
- Learn more about housing and VA home loans.
The Amarillo Vet Center can offer counseling and referral services for intimate partner violence (IPV), also sometimes called domestic violence (DV).
How we're different than a clinic (FAQs)
How we’re different than a clinic
What are Vet Centers?
Vet Centers are small, non-medical, counseling centers conveniently located in your community. They’re staffed by highly trained counselors and team members dedicated to seeing you through the challenges that come with managing life during and after the military.
Whether you come in for one-on-one counseling or to participate in a group session, at Vet Centers you can form social connections, try new things, and build a support system with people who understand you and want to help you succeed.
Who is eligible to receive services at Vet Centers?
Vet Center services are available to you at no cost, regardless of discharge character, and without you needing to be enrolled in VA health care or having a service-connected disability. If you’re a Veteran or service member, including members of the National Guard and Reserve, you can access our services if you:
- Served on active military duty in any combat theater or area of hostility
- Experienced military sexual trauma (regardless of gender or service era)
- Provided mortuary services or direct emergent medical care to treat the casualties of war while serving on active military duty
- Performed as a member of an unmanned aerial vehicle crew that provided direct support to operations in a combat theater or area of hostility
- Accessed care at a Vet Center prior to January 2, 2013, as a Vietnam-Era Veteran
- Served on active military duty in response to a national emergency or major disaster declared by the president, or under orders of the governor or chief executive of a state in response to a disaster or civil disorder in that state.
- Are a current or former member of the Coast Guard who participated in a drug interdiction operation, regardless of the location.
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Are a current member of the Reserve Components assigned to a military command in a drilling status, including active Reserves, who has a behavioral health condition or psychological trauma related to military service that adversely effects quality of life or adjustment to civilian life.
We encourage you to contact us, even if you’re unsure if you meet these criteria. If we can’t help you, we’ll find someone who will.
Our services are also available to family members when their participation would support the growth and goals of the Veteran or active-duty service member. If you consider them family, so do we. We also offer bereavement services to family members of Veterans who were receiving Vet Center services at the time of the Veteran’s death, and to the families of service members who died while serving on active duty.
Do I have to be enrolled in VA health care to access Vet Center services?
No. You don’t have to be enrolled in VA health care or have a service-connected disability.
What about my privacy?
Safe and confidential. Our records can’t be accessed by other VA offices, the DoD, military units, or other community networks and providers without your permission or unless required to avert a life-threatening situation. Here, you can be as open as you want—there’s absolutely no judgment.