Las Vegas Vet Center
Our counselors can provide professional guidance. Please call the Las Vegas Vet Center at 702-791-9170 for additional assistance.
We provide private organizations and community agencies education on our Veteran community and military culture. Together, we build referral networks to expand support for Veterans, service members, and their families. Utilizing a multitude of community resources ranging from local community employers. We also work with numerous non-profit organizations and major foundations that have a wide range of referral sources to assist with Veteran homelessness prevention, suicide prevention, recreational activities and groups that center around healthy living.
If you or your organization would like to learn more about the Veteran culture and how we through a collaboration can help the community as a whole and support our Veteran community reach out to the Las Vegas Vet Center. We can provide individual or group educational briefings.
We understand the benefits found in including your family members during your transition from military to civilian life. We offer couples and family counseling to support you as you work toward meeting your goals.
At the Las Vegas Vet Center we host a T.A.P.S. (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) group at our location every first Monday of the month. If you are unfamiliar with this program you can learn more here. If you are interested in attending please call us and schedule an appointment.
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If you are in need of these services please do not hesitate to call.
At the Las Vegas Vet Center, 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 hour-long counseling sessions targeted at your individual needs
- Group counseling for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Vietnam Veterans; Spouse/Significant Others, and more
Evidence-based therapies such as:
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Here at the Las Vegas Vet Center, we host several modalities of treatments such as:
- one on one counseling
- group counseling
- activities based counseling
Every form of counseling follows evidence based practices and is provided free of charge by a licensed clinician.
Call us at 702-791-9170 to explore and to learn about treatment options, self-help tools, and more.
We provide individual readjustment counseling to help veterans make a healthy readjustment back to civilian life once they discharge from the military.
Are you a Veteran in crisis or concerned about one? Find support anytime day or night.
If these symptoms lead to thoughts of death or suicide, it’s important you talk to someone right away. The Veterans Crisis Line offers free, confidential support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
- Call 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1
- Chat online
- Text 838255
Developing a sense of camaraderie is a central focus for many Veterans and through our services and referrals we aim to help maintain that focus. We have many groups that help to bolster that feeling of togetherness and promote a healthy lifestyle. We host several recreational therapy groups along with referrals as well as mindfulness groups that help to dilute anger and frustration. We can also help you know where to go and how to register for
- How to get VA medical benefits and register for care
- Where to go to file claims and other forms
- Understanding your VA education benefits
- Education and referral for VA burial benefits
- Housing and home loans
We offer a multitude of recreational groups and referrals to help Veterans stay active and healthy. We have a bowling group, cycling group, healthy living and exercise group as well as a narrative therapy group. We also work with many recreational therapy non-profit organizations that are centered around living a long and healthy lifestyle such as:
Not only does the Vet Center provide counseling services, but we also offer the following fun and engaging and creative activity groups for veterans:
- Dungeon and Dragons gaming (Narrative Therapy)
- Figure Painting
- Recumbent Trike Riding
- Bowling
- Art/drawing
Please give us a call for more information.
We offer employment classes monthly as well as a weekly miniature gaming painting class. These are designed to assist Veterans with either providing a great activity, hobby or assistance in preparing a resume for either local, state and federal employment.
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.