Anoka Vet Center
We work closely with and refer to the VA Medical Center and community providers, to best support your needs.
Learn more about our community providers:
We have a licensed marriage and family therapist and can provide services such as:
- Couples counseling
- Individual counseling for couples, spouses, children, and significant others
- Opportunities for family members to learn about your needs and ways to best support you during your treatment
Some of our established partners include:
- National Guard and Reserve units
- State universities and community colleges
- Veteran Service Organizations
If you or your organization would like to learn about working with Veterans, military culture or how you can support the Veteran community, we can provide individual or group educational briefings. Give us a call for more information.
We offer counseling and other support, such as:
- Grief counseling
- Bereavement counseling for families who have lost a loved one during active duty
We offer individual and group counseling. Our specialty groups include:
- Combat Veterans group
- Vietnam-era coffee talk groups
We also provide evidence-based treatment, such as:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
We have male and female counselors available based on your preference.
We offer evidence-based therapies, including:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Our specialty groups include:
- Combat Veterans group
- Vietnam-era coffee talk groups
We are here to welcome you home. We provide a community where you can connect with other Veterans and service members.
Whether you are returning from deployment or leaving the military, we can help you connect with:
- VA Benefits and healthcare
- State and local benefits
- Employment resources
We work closely with and refer to our local VA Medical Center suicide prevention coordinator, if needed.
We can help connect you to and register for the following:
- How to get VA medical benefits and register for care
- Where to go to file claims and other forms
- Understanding your VA education benefits
- Education and referral for VA burial benefits
- Housing and home loans
We specialize in serving the unique needs of Veterans of color. Give us a call to learn more.
Whole health focuses on what matters to you, not what is the matter with you. We have groups to help with your self-care:
- Guitar for Vets (G4Vets)
- Chair Yoga
Call us to join one of our groups!
We want to make counseling convenient for you. We use virtual platforms such as WebEx and VA Videoconnect. If you can’t make it in-person because of a hectic schedule, daunting traffic, or another reason, we can schedule a telehealth appointment with you. You can join individual or group counseling, by grabbing your smartphone or laptop, having an internet connection, and finding a private location. We'll be there for you!
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.