Charleston, WV Vet Center
Charleston Vet Center staff can assist you by coordinating services that will help you:
- Understand how to begin receiving VA medical benefits and how to register for care
- File claims and other forms
- Understand VA education benefits
- Determine VA burial benefits
- Understanding VA housing and home loans
- Be aware of and connected to the Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
Charleston Vet Center can also connect you to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) partners and others who can help with the readjustment process.
To help you achieve your goals, our counselors use a wide variety of therapeutic techniques and/or strategies to meet your individual needs.
Some of the therapeutic techniques and strategies we use include:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Processing Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Humanistic/Client-Centered Counseling
- Mindfulness-Based Counseling
- Internal Family Systems
We also collaborate with community agencies on occasion to offer additional outdoor therapy and community events to our clients.
We understand that the transition from military to civilian life can be a challenge. We offer a variety of ways to assist you in that process such as:
- How to get VA medical benefits and register for care
- Where to go to file claims and other forms
- Understanding your VA education benefits
- Housing and home loans
- Education and referral for VA burial benefits
The Charleston Vet Center can also connect you to Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
At the Charleston Vet Center, we offer individual and group counseling to address symptoms of PTSD.
Working from a trauma-informed approach, we use a number of treatment modalities to help you achieve your goals. Care at the Charleston Vet Center incorporates therapeutic techniques and interventions embodied in:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Processing Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Humanistic/Client-Centered Counseling
- Mindfulness-Based Counseling
- Internal Family Systems
“If you consider them family, so do we.”
Charleston Vet Center counselors incorporate therapeutic techniques using the following modalities while serving you and your loved ones:
- Supportive Family Therapy
- Internal Family Systems Therapy
- Systemic Family Therapy
- Strategic Family Therapy
- Gottman Method
In addition, our counselors will provide education to family members regarding the Veteran's military related problems and/or post military readjustment.
At the Charleston Vet Center we offer counseling and other support such as:
- Bereavement counseling for families who have lost a loved one while they were serving on active duty
- Grief counseling
- Contact information to the Veterans Benefits Administration and National Cemetery regarding possible burial and survival benefits
The Charleston Vet Center has counselors who utilize a trauma-informed care approach to provide therapy and supportive services to MST survivors.
You are not alone. We are here to help and we will walk along side you in our journey to healing.
Is distance to the Vet Center an issue for you? Or, does your busy schedule make it difficult for you to come to the Vet Center for services? We can help.
The Charleston Vet Center is staffed with women counselors who can focus on the needs of women Veterans and your cultural transformation along with any readjustment issues you may experience. The Charleston Vet Center's goal is to provide a comfortable environment for all Veterans.
We have a Vocational Rehabilitation Program Coordinator on-site daily and can assist you with scheduling an appointment.
At the Charleston Vet Center, we work closely with the Local Recovery Coordinator and other staff within the mental health department at the Hershal Woody Williams VA Medical Center. We also work closely with residential treatment programs and have knowledge of the local support groups offered within your community.
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.