Laredo Vet Center
The Laredo Vet Center offers the following counseling services:
- Couples Counseling
- Family Counseling
- Spouses, children, and significant others are eligible to receive services at the Vet Center.
Together we can work toward meeting your overall goals.
The Laredo Vet Center partners include:
- Local, State, and Federal Service Agencies
- Local Veteran/Service Member support organizations
- Texas Veterans Commission (office located at the Laredo VA Outpatient Clinic)
- Disabled American Veterans (office located at the Vet Center)
- National Guard and Reserve Units
- US Department of Homeland Security
- Customs and Border Protection
- Immigration and Customs Protection
The Laredo Vet Center is here to assist with:
- Bereavement counseling
- Grief counseling
The Laredo Vet Center services include:
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling, including:
- Vietnam Veterans Group
- OIF/OEF Veterans Group
- Spouse/Significant Others Group
- Anger Management Group
- Stress Management Group
Laredo Vet Center counselors have specialized training in the provision of Military Sexual Trauma counseling.
Laredo Vet Center counselors are available to provide confidential:
- Individual counseling
- Couples Counseling
- Family Counseling
- Group Counseling
- Referrals to VA and community counseling services
The Laredo Vet Center staff can:
- Connect you with educational and career counseling
- Provide mental health services
- Refer you to other programs and benefits that will support your transition.
The Laredo Vet Center staff can provide referrals to the following services:
Vet Center staff can refer you to:
- Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Program at the Laredo VA Clinic |
- SCAN, Inc.
- Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans
The Laredo Vet Center staff members are fluent in English and Spanish which is vital in meeting the needs of the predominately Hispanic population in our service area.
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.