St. Paul Vet Center
We offer evidence-based therapies and referrals (as needed) to support your goals.
We have a licensed family and couples counseling therapist available to work through all aspects of Veteran and family readjustment.
We provide seamless, integrated care to Minneapolis VA Medical Center.
Through state organizations such as CareerForce, Minnesota Disabled Veterans (MNDAV), and the County Veteran Service Officers (CVSOs), we connect you to the help you need at the state and local level.
We partner with local stakeholders such as Lutheran Social Services (LSS), Every Third Saturday (ETS), the VFW and the American Legion to meet the needs of Veterans and service members in their community.
If you’d like to learn more about our partnerships, please call us.
We offer counseling and other support, such as:
- Bereavement counseling for families who have lost a loved one during active duty
- Counseling for complicated grief reaction
We can help connect you with the Veterans Benefits Administration and National Cemetery Administration. We can also help you navigate burial and survivor benefits using the Planning Your Legacy Toolkit.
We offer individual and group counseling. Our specialty groups include:
- Women Veterans
- Vietnam Veterans
- OEF/OIF
- Trauma skills
- Partners group
- Whole health
- Quality of life
We understand that military sexual trauma (MST) can happen to both men and women. Our counselors use a trauma-informed care approach to provide therapy and supportive services to those who have experienced MST.
We offer evidence-based therapies such as these:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Processing (EMDR)
We understand that the transition from military to civilian life can be a challenge. 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
- How to understand your VA education benefits
- How to access housing and home loans
- How to connect with VA burial benefits
We can also connect you to Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
We can help you know where to go and how to register for the following:
- How to get VA medical benefits and register for care
- Where to go to file claims and other forms
- How to understand your VA education benefits
- How to access housing and home loans
- How to connect with VA burial benefits
We can also connect you to Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
We have a whole health group to support your needs. We also offer Equine Therapy, an experiential treatment method that uses the connection between people and horses to enhance physical or emotional healing. 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.