Macon Vet Center
We can also refer Veterans and service members to our community partners like River Edge Behavioral Health and the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center.
The Macon Vet Center has counselors who can provide services such as:
- Individual counseling, which may include spouses, children, and significant others in support of your goals
- Couples (marriage and family therapy) counseling
Contact us if you or your organization would like to learn more about Vet Center services, the Veteran culture and how we can support our Veteran community together. We can provide individual or group educational briefings.
Your organization doesn’t have to be Veteran-centric to learn how the Veteran culture may contribute to the community or your organization.
We offer bereavement counseling and support to:
- The families of Veterans who were receiving Vet Center services at the time of the Veteran’s death
- The families of service members who died while serving on active duty
- Community referrals for bereavement counseling
- We can also connect you to the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) for assistance with burial and survivor services.
At the Macon 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 Desert Shield/Desert Storm Veterans, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Vietnam Veterans, spouses/significant others, and more
Evidence-based therapies such as:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)
- Meaning-centered Therapy (MT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
We have counselors who use a trauma-informed care approach to provide therapy and supportive services to MST survivors. We can accommodate your preference of counselors’ gender. We can also facilitate enrollment and treatment in VA health care for any physical injuries related to your MST.
At the Macon Vet Center, we offer individual and group counseling.
Care at our center includes:
- Anger management
- Stress management
- Emotional regulation
Evidence-based therapies include:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)
- Meaning-centered Therapy (MT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
The transition from military service and/or deployment can present its own set of challenges—both for Veterans and service members and their families. The core mission of the Vet Center is to help with readjustment to civilian life. We can support you in a variety of ways, including:
- Counseling/mental health services
- Events that encourage camaraderie and socialization
- Referrals to help with accessing benefits, health care, and local career opportunities
Give us a call or come in today to get more information or begin receiving Vet Center services.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline also provides free and confidential text and chat features available 24/7.
The Macon Vet Center can connect you to the appropriate resources to facilitate:
- Application for VA health care benefits
- Where to go to file claims and other forms
- Understanding your VA education benefits
- Housing and home loans
- VA burial and survivor benefits
The Macon Vet Center can also connect you to the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
The Macon Vet Center can facilitate housing and supportive services through the local VA medical center's program for Veterans who are homeless and VA's Supportive Services for Veteran Families.
We also work closely with LGBTQIA+ service providers at VA and other community partners, and we can make direct referrals. Learn more through the VA Medical Center's LGBTQ+Veteran Care Coordinator and VHA's LGBTQ+ Health Program.
We work with VA’s Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program (IPVAP) to help Veterans, service members, and their partners who are impacted by IPV. If you or someone you know could be experiencing and/or using IPV—help is available.
The Macon Vet Center can facilitate services specific to your needs through the VA Medical Center’s Minority Veteran Program Coordinator and VA's Center for Minority Veterans (CMV).
The Macon Vet Center offers secure, virtual counseling and outreach through VA Video Connect and Cisco WebEx.
Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E), formerly known as Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment, services help with job training, employment accommodations, resume development, and job-seeking skills coaching.
A VR&E counselor occasionally comes to our Vet Center to meet with Veterans to get them connected to these services.
We offer both male and female counselors to support you in accomplishing your individual goals.
We can also facilitate services specific to your needs through the VA Medical Center's Women's Health Clinic.
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.