Portland, OR Vet Center
Portland Vet Center offers individual, couples, and group counseling for a wide variety of issues including PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, stress, and anger. We tailor our approach to your unique goals and needs. Many of our staff members are Veterans themselves and all of our staff is highly experienced at working with Veterans, service members, and their families.
Care at our center includes:
- Individual counseling sessions targeted at your individual needs
- Specialty groups including but not limited to: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Vietnam Veterans, Mindfulness, Medics, and Women Veterans
- Couples counseling
Evidence-based therapies including:
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Prolonged Exposure (PE)
- Somatic Experiencing (SE)
At the Portland Vet Center, we can help with
- How to get VA medical benefits and register for care
- Where to go to file claims and other forms
- Understanding your VA education benefits
- Housing and home loans
- Education and referral for VA burial benefits
- How to connect with local Veterans Service Organizations
Here at the Portland Vet Center, we offer evidence-based therapies including:
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Prolonged Exposure (PE)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Somatic Experiencing (SE)
- Written Exposure Therapy (WET)
The Portland Vet Center offers:
- Bereavement counseling for families who have lost a loved one while they were serving on active duty
- Grief counseling
You can learn more about services for homeless Veterans by visiting the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans or by contacting the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at 877-424-3838.
At the Portland Vet Center, we offer a group specifically for Women Veterans. Please call to learn more.
The Portland Vet Center offers individual and couples counseling. We can also refer you to community providers who offer services for family members.
At the Portland Vet Center, we will work closely with our local VA Medical Center and other community partners to help you access the necessary resources.
To complement our counseling services, the Portland Vet Center partners with entities such as:
- Local Veteran/Service Member support organizations
- National Guard and Reserve units
We understand that navigating the variety of resources can be a challenge. The Portland Vet Center can educate you on topics such as:
- How to get VA medical benefits and register for care
- Where to go to file claims and other forms
- Understanding your VA education benefits
- Housing and home loans
- Education and referral for VA burial benefits
- How to connect with local Veterans Service Organizations
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.