East Los Angeles Vet Center
With the expansion of telehealth service due to the pandemic the telehealth services are an option post pandemic. If you are unable to come to the East Los Angeles Vet Center for a variety of reasons such as not being able to take time off from your busy schedule and/or not feeling well we can accommodate you with telehealth services.
If you are having 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
East Los Angeles Vet Center offers supportive and confidential services. We will assist you in providing coping skills to work through traumatic events.
The East Los Angeles Vet Center offers:
- Woman Veteran PTSD Coping Skills group.
- GWOT group
- Vietnam Combat group
- Anger management
- Stress management
- Anxiety management
- Social support and activity engagement
Evidence-based therapies such as:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Trauma Resource Model (TYRM)
- Gottman Method
- Whole Health
ELA Vet Center provides counseling and referrals to men and women whom have experienced military sexual trauma and/or harassment regardless of when you served.
East Los Angeles Vet Center offers bereavement counseling in an individual or family setting. We have Spanish speaking counselors available for the Spanish speaking community.
East Los Angeles Vet Center offers individual and group counseling. Our specialty groups include:
- Woman Veteran PTSD Coping Skills
- Vietnam Combat Support
- Vietnam Intra-Interpersonal Skills
- OEF/OIF Combat Support
- Seeking Safety/Co-Occurring
- Domestic Violence
- Anger Management
- Asian Pacific Islander
The East Los Angeles Vet Center proudly offers couples and family counseling to support the readjustment process. The veteran will benefit greatly by including loved ones in the treatment process.
East Los Angeles Vet Center offers a Woman Veteran PTSD Coping Skills group.
East Los Angeles Vet Center offers Seeking Safety/ CoOccuring Dual Diagnosis group as well as individual counseling and referrals.
East Los Angeles Vet Center can help you:
- Understand VAMC medical benefits and provide guidance on documents needed for enrollment.
- Find a VSO to file claims.
- Connect you to representatives for Vocational Rehabilitation education benefits.
- Connect you to representatives for employment .
- Learn more about housing and VA home loans.
East Los Angeles Vet Center partners with Army National Guard units and local law enforcement.
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.