San Bernardino Vet Center
Veterans often benefit greatly when family members in counseling process. The San Bernardino Vet Center honors family members who support our veterans.
In defining family and couples, family is whomever the Veteran determines is their significant other or family member.
Family Playroom is available and designed to help you monitor your child while conducting a counseling session. Our Family Playroom is available and designed to help you monitor your child through a window while conducting a counseling session with quiet and privacy. There are plenty of games, puzzles, and game consoles for children to enjoy.
If you are having trouble adjusting to a difficult life change or someone close to you has passed away, the San Bernardino 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 to help with a significant change or loss.
- Contact information to the Veterans Benefits Administration and National Cemetery regarding possible burial and survival benefits.
Specialty care includes
- Era-specific Groups (Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq)
- Women’s Group
- Recreational Groups
- Breakfast Group
We integrate techniques of the following therapies
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Family Systems Therapy
You can schedule a phone or video appointment by calling 909-801-5762.
We provide supportive counseling for those who suffer from substance related issues.
Specialty care includes
- Helping Veterans manage their sobriety, stress, and other symptoms
- Helping Veterans and their families improve their relationships
- Helping Veterans gain and maintain employment or acquire benefits
- Helping Veterans stay clean and sober
We integrate techniques of the following therapies
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Family Systems Therapy
To complement our counseling services, the San Bernardino Vet Center partners with entities such as:
- Local Businesses
- Veteran Service Organizations
- State, County and local government
- Military Bases
- Local Recruiting Stations
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
- Understanding your VA education benefits
- Housing and home loans
- Education and referral for VA burial benefits
The San Bernardino Vet Center can also connect you to Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
At the San Bernardino Vet Center, we offer individual and group counseling.
Specialty care includes
- Helping Veterans manage their anger, stress, anxiety, and other symptoms
- Helping Veterans and their families improve their relationships
- Helping Veterans gain and maintain employment or acquire benefits
- Helping Veterans stay engaged through activities
We integrate techniques of the following therapies
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Family Systems Therapy
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.