Beckley Vet Center
We offer evidence-based therapies and referrals (as needed) to support your goals.
Please call us at 304-252-8220 for additional assistance.
We can connect you to the appropriate resources for help with:
- Application for VA health care benefits
- Where to go to file claims and other forms
- Understanding your VA education benefits
- VA burial and survivor benefits
We can also connect you to the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
We partner with the Army National Guard units, state and local law enforcement, and others to further the mission of the organization.
Ask your counselor if telehealth services are appropriate and available in effort to aid in your readjustment goals.
PTSD care is our specialty. We use a variety of evidence-based tools in our treatment of combat and MST-related symptoms:
- Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Trauma processing
- Anger management
- Substance abuse counseling
- Art therapy
- Positive psychology
- Comprehensive whole health model
- Couples counseling
- Family counseling
Our approach allows us to educate Veterans and service members and their closest loved ones how to engage with their PTSD symptoms in a healing and constructive way.
We provide individual and group counseling for Veterans and service members who have experienced MST. Referrals can also be made to other resources if needed.
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 counseling sessions targeting your individual needs
- Group counseling for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Vietnam Veterans, Desert Storm and other era Veterans along with spouse/significant others, and more
Evidence-based therapies such as:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
We offer bereavement counseling to any family members of Armed Forces personnel who died in the service of their country. Also eligible are family members of Reservists and National Guardsmen who died while on duty.
Bereavement counseling is assistance and support to people with emotional and psychological stress after the death of a loved one. Bereavement counseling includes a broad range of transition services, including outreach, counseling, and referral services to family members.
We have counselors who can provide services such as:
- Individual counseling for couples, spouses, children, and significant others
- Couples counseling
- Family counseling
We can connect you with Beckley VA Medical Center or another local organization.
We’ll be offering the following groups.
- Cooking—healthy choices that include vegetarian, low-carb and low-fat choices
- Fishing groups along with rod building
- Walking groups and recreation options
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.