South Burlington Vet Center
The focus is on building a strong relationship and connection with each other while providing a safe space to explore each other's needs.
At the South Burlington Vet Center we offer clinical therapeutic modalities including
- Gottman Method
- Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
- Family Systems Theory
In addition, counselors may provide education to family members regarding the Veteran's or service member's military related problems and/or post military readjustment.
If you consider them family, so do we.
At the South Burlington Vet Center, we provide support to help Veterans and service members overcome underlying issues.
We can direct Veterans and service members struggling with addiction to the White River Junction VA Healthcare System, and other community outpatient or residential treatment programs.
The South Burlington Vet Center can 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.
If you or your organization would like to learn more about the Veteran culture and how we collaborate to help our Veteran community and the community as a whole reach out to the South Burlington Vet Center. We can provide individual or group educational briefings.
Your organization does not have to be Veteran centric to learn how the Veteran culture may contribute to the community or your organization.
At the South Burlington 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 that meets your need for support
Evidence-based therapies such as:
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
The South Burlington Vet center has counselors who utilize a trauma-informed care approach to provide therapy and supportive services to Military Sexual Trauma survivors.
At South Burlington Vet Center we offer individual and group counseling.
Specialty care at our Center includes:
- Anger management
- Stress management
- Activity engagement
South Burlington Vet Center also offers evidence based therapies such as:
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
The South Burlington Vet Center understands that the transition from 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 claims and other forms
- Referral to VA Readiness and Employment (VR&E) and other state and local employment offices
- Referral for other VA benefits such as: Home loans, education benefits, burial benefits, and Vermont State benefits for Veterans
- Readjustment counseling to help with experiences in the military and challenges in civilian life
- Couple and family therapy to help strengthen your relationships
The South Burlington Vet Center can also connect you to Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
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.
The South Burlington Vet Center offers various activities and groups to help you connect with other Veterans for support and camaraderie. We provide referral to community organizations to help you build connection. Please contact us for current group and activity offerings as they change periodically base on needs.
The South Burlington 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 goal is to provide an environment free from harassment that meets the unique needs of women Veterans. We offer various groups specifically for women. Please contact us for current group offerings as they change periodically.
We can help all eligible LGBTQ+ Veterans with counseling, therapy, support, and referral services to meet specific needs.
We also work closely with LGBTQ+ service providers at the White River Junction VA Healthcare System and other community partners, and we can make a direct referrals.
The South Burlington Vet Center can connect you with VA's HUD-VASH Program, Supportive Services for Veterans and Families, and many other community resources and partners.
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.