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Connect with the Veterans Crisis Line 24/7 or text 838255.

Here at the Lewiston Vet Center can help you know where to go and how to register for: 

• How to get VA medical benefits and register for care 
• Where to go to file claims and other forms 
• Understanding your VA education benefits 
• Education and referral for VA burial benefits 
• Housing and home loans 

Housed within the Lewiston Vet Center, a state agency assisting veterans called the Bureau of Maine Veterans Services can also assist with advocacy, benefits assistance, even accessing your DD 214. 

We can also connect you to Veterans Service Organizations in your community. 

If you or your agency would like to learn more about the Veteran culture and how we, through a collaboration, can help support our Veteran community please reach out to the Lewiston Vet Center at 207-783-0068 and ask for Veteran Outreach Program Specialist or our Director.

Unhealthy substance use often goes hand in hand with PTSD, depression, or stress. We can help you understand how problematic drinking, drug use, or gambling might be related to other stressors in your life and we can teach you how to take control over your substance use. We can also connect you to more intensive or comprehensive substance use treatment programs within VA or in our New England community, if needed. 

 The Lewiston Vet Center does not offer specific treatment if the primary concern is addictive issues, however we can direct the Veteran to the VA Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program within the VAMC Togus hospital or other residential treatment programs contracted with the VA.

• The Vet Center does offer Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use counseling through dually licensed (LCSW, LADC) or trained counselors.
• Co-Occurring group to support sobriety and the management of stressors which could lead to relapse is offered weekly.

Manchester Vet Center has Counselors onsite to offer family and couples counseling.

Specialty care includes

• Couples counseling and support
• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Here at the Lewiston Vet Center  we provide a caring, supportive place to process loss with free services, 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 Veteran Benefits Administration and National Cemetery regarding possible burial and survival benefits.

Vet Center counselors offer the following clinical therapeutic modalities:

• Imago Couples Counseling
• Gottman Couples counseling
• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

In addition, Vet Center counselors may provide education to family members regarding the Veteran’s military relation issues and/or post-military readjustment.

Manchester Vet Center offers individual and group counseling by clinicians with specific training related to military sexual trauma care.

Specialty care includes:

• Women's  MST Survivor group

We can help. At the Lewiston Vet Center,  we offer assessment and support through private individual counseling and group therapy.  Our counselors have specialized training in the treatment of trauma and its effects on the individual and larger family system. 

Vet Center records are separate from even the larger VA and can only be released by written permission from the Veteran.   

We can also refer you to VA or community options for medication management and therapy resources. 

Care at the Lewiston Vet Center includes:

• Specialized counselor training in the treatment of trauma and its effects on the individual and larger family system
• Anger management
• Stress management
• Wellness and self-care

Evidence-based therapies such as:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Prolonged Exposure (PE)
• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)