Hatillo Vet Center
We’ll actively coordinate referrals for substance abuse counseling to the San Juan VA Medical Center.
Get contact information for the Juan VA Medical Center Substance Abuse Disorder (SUD) Program
We have licensed therapists who can provide services such as:
- Individual counseling for couples, spouses, children, and significant others
- Couples counseling
We value community partnerships. We engage with our local communities regularly. Our local partnerships include:
- San Juan VA Medical Center
- Puerto Rico National Guard and Reserve units
- San Juan Regional Office Veterans Services Offices (VSO)
- Veterans Service Organizations
- Puerto Rico universities and community colleges
- Community non-profit organizations
We offer counseling and other support, such as:
- Bereavement counseling for families who have lost a loved one during active duty
- Grief counseling
We offer individual and group counseling.
These counseling services can be conducted in person, by telephone, or virtually. We also provide referral services to appropriate resources in our community.
Our groups provide trauma processing, Veteran support, and socialization. Additionally, all groups help Veterans and service members learn and develop coping skills to manage their symptoms. We host the following groups:
- Vietnam Combat Veterans group
- Combat Veterans (era integrated)
- OEF/OIF/OND group
- Mortuary affairs group
- Military sexual trauma group
- Women’s group
We provide individual and group counseling for Veterans or service members who experienced military sexual trauma (MST). We have both men and women counselors for MST counseling.
We offer individual and group counseling.
Care at our center includes:
- Anger management
- Stress management
- Emotional regulation
- Mindfulness for PTSD
- Trauma processing
- PTSD support groups
Evidence-based therapies such as:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- PTSD Management and Recovery Treatment manual
- Seeking Safety
We understand that the transition from the military to civilian life can be challenging. 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 VA claims and other forms
- Understanding your VA education benefits
We can also connect you to Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
We can provide basic information about:
- VA medical benefits and health care registration
- Service-connected disability claims and where to file claims and other forms
- Understanding your VA education benefits
- VA burial and survivor benefits
If you need additional information on another topic, give us a call. We would be glad to help.
We proudly celebrate diversity among those we serve. We work closely with the LGBTQ+ Veteran care coordinator at our local VA and can make direct referrals.
We offer a women’s Veterans support group. Call us for more information.
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.