Atlanta Vet Center
We offer evidence-based therapies and referrals (as needed) to support your goals.
Veterans are often referred to the Substance Abuse Treatment Program through the Atlanta VAMC.
We offer opportunities for your partner or other family members to join your individual therapy sessions, once or twice. This can provide an opportunity for your family members to learn more about your needs and ways to best support you during your treatment.
We value community partnerships and are intentional about engaging with our local communities regularly. Established partnerships include:
- National Guard and Reserve units
- State universities and community colleges
- Veterans Services Organizations
- AARP
We offer:
- Bereavement counseling to families who have lost a loved one while the deceased was serving on active duty
- Grief counseling
We offer both individual and group counseling. Veterans are assigned to groups by direct referral from their counselor after the counselor completes their assessment. Our specialty groups include:
- Vietnam Combat Veterans
- PG/OEF/OIF groups
- Combat Veterans (era integrated)
- Women Veterans
- Female MST
We offer evidence-based therapies, including
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive processing therapy (CPT)
We facilitate a weekly military sexual trauma group (currently for females only). We offer individual counseling to people of all genders. We have both male and female counselors on staff who can help.
We offer evidence-based therapies, including
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive processing therapy (CPT)
We offer individual and group counseling, such as
- Vietnam Combat Veterans
- PG/OEF/OIF groups
- Combat Veterans (era integrated)
- Women Veterans
- Female MST
We can also help with anger management and insomnia.
We can provide basic information about:
- VA medical benefits and care registration
- Connection to local Veterans Service Officer (VSO) for claims/benefits support
- VA education benefits
- VA burial benefits
If you need additional information on another topic, give us a call. We would be glad to help.
We can provide basic information about:
- VA medical benefits and care registration
- Connection to local Veterans Service Officer (VSO) for claims/benefits support
- VA education benefits
- VA burial benefits
If you need additional information on another topic, give us a call. We would be glad to help.
We partner with community organizations, such as Freedom Waters Foundation, to offer therapeutic activities. Freedom Waters Foundation is a nonprofit that provides therapeutic boat experiences to children, individuals with special needs, and Veterans. Although based in South Florida, they partner with us to bring their boating experience to Georgia.
- The boating experience happens annually, in mid-September (actual date changes from year to year).
- Veterans are encouraged to go to the Freedom Waters website and follow the link to register for the event.
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.