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The unparalleled natural beauty of our island provides great opportunities to connect with nature - and other Veterans - to heal.

Kauai Vet Center offers therapeutic activities such as:

• Hiking
• Mindfulness
• Tai Chi/Qi Gong
• Surfing
• Standup Paddling (SUP)
• Golf

If you think you might have PTSD, there are resources to help you recover. Even if your symptoms come and go — or surfaced months or years after the traumatic event — effective treatments are available. Call us at 808-246-1163 to learn about PTSD, treatment options, self-help tools, and more. Individual and group counseling, such as the PTSD Management group, are available to help you learn how to cope well. 

At the Kauai Vet Center, we offer individual and group counseling. These counseling services can be conducted in-person, by phone, or virtually. We also provide referral services to appropriate resources in our community.

The Kauai Vet Center offers the following groups:

• PTSD Management —  Learn skills to cope with symptoms related to post-traumatic stress in a supportive environment
• Anger Management — Learn coping strategies to help manage anger
• Spouses Support — Support group for spouses of Combat Veterans. Members learn about PTSD, how it impacts relationships, and how to cope effectively.

Bereavement counseling is assistance and support to people with emotional and psychological stress after the death of a loved one. 

Our Vet Center offers bereavement counseling to any family members of Armed Forces personnel who died in the service of their country. Also eligible are family members of Reservists and National Guardsmen who died while on duty.

We understand the benefits found in including family members in treatment and are honored to be able to support the Veteran’s readjustment with these additional services.

Listed below are websites to community partners who provide critical serivces for the Veteran population in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties:

 Veteran Services - Ventura Count assists with obtaining VA benefits to include filing for VA disability compensation.

County of Santa Barbara - Veterans' Services - Maps and Directions (countyofsb.org) assists with obtaining VA benefits to include filing for VA disability compensation.

Oxnard VA Clinic - VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System services include: Primary Care; Women's Health; Dietetics (Dietician); Physical Therapy and Mental Health.

Santa Barbara VA Clinic - VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System services include: Primary Care; Women's Health; Dietetics (Dietician); Physical Therapy and Mental Health.

Home - Gold Coast Veterans Foundation programs and services. (gcvf.org) mission is to reduce or eliminate suffering, lowered quality of life, re‐integration difficulties, and negative lifetime outcomes of American military veterans.

Ventura County Portal - Helping Individuals Reach Employment (venturacountyajcc.org) is your one-stop shop for workforce services, providing a comprehensive range of no-cost employment and training services for employers and job seekers.