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The Great Falls Vet Center offers the following 

Veteran Movie Night

• Description: All Veterans & their Families are invited. Bring your love for movies and favorite snacks! This is a great way to build social structures and support in community.
• When: 2nd an 4th Friday of the month, 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.  Call to confirm as location may change.

Coffee and Donut Social Group

• Description: You bring your favorite donuts, and we will supply the coffee! A social group for Veterans and spouses who like doughnuts, coffee, and discussing daily topics and events.
• When: Fridays, 8:00am – 10:00am in the Great Falls Vet Center Lobby. 

Monthly Vet Center Potluck and BBQ:

• Description: All Veterans & their Families are invited. Bring your favorite dish, eat & have fun! This is a great way to build social structures and support in community.
• When: First Saturdays of the month, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.  Call to confirm as location may change.

The Vet Center now provides virtual telehealth services through the VA Video App. Please call us for more information.

The Great Falls Vet Center offers

Whole Health Warrior Fitness Group

• Date: Every Wednesday and Friday, Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
• Location: Gibson Park Duck Pond, River's Edge Trail, Great Falls
• Description: We will alternate cardio and strength days and work on the other aspects of mental fitness during these 1-hour sessions. We will meet  at 8:00 a.m. for PT. This is a limited space group that will alternate individuals on a monthly basis. Limited to 8 Individuals. Please sign up at the front desk.

Whole Health Group

• Date: Every Friday at 11:00 a.m.
• Location: Great Falls Vet Center Conference Room
• Description: Whole Health is VA’s cutting-edge approach to care that supports your health and well-being. Whole Health centers around what matters to you, not what is the matter with you. This means your health team will get to know you as a person, before working with you to develop a personalized health plan based on your values, needs, and goals. This includes things like personal development, mediation, movement, building relationships and exploring complimentary alternative therapies. By focusing on the bigger picture and putting Veterans in the driver’s seat, we are able to achieve better overall health outcomes.

Care at the Great Falls Vet Center includes individual and group counseling, including

Veterans Support Group

• What: A larger group of Veterans who provide mutual social support on a variety of issues such as navigating Veterans benefits, health care issues, and PTSD support. 
• When: Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m.

PTSD Recovery Group

• What: This group will help you learn skills to regain control of your life, manage your reactions and responses, and live a meaningful life.
• When: Tuesday at 4:00 p.m.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Group

• What: A closed 10-week course/group with designed to teach people how to live in the moment, cope healthily with stress, regulate emotions, and improve relationships with others. Call to reserve a spot in the next course/group.
• When: Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. 

Veteran Skills Group

• What: A larger group of Veterans who provide mutual social support and skills for addressing a variety of issues such as navigating Veterans benefits, health care issues, PTSD support, etc.
• When: Fridays at 3:00 p.m. 

Seeking Safety Group

• Date: Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m.
• Location: Great Falls Vet Center Conference Room. 
• Description: Seeking Safety is a relatively modern evidence-based treatment model that treats co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse. There are 25 coping skills taught in Seeking Safety. Every skill applies to both trauma and addiction simultaneously. Some categories of skills include: Setting Boundaries in Relationships, Honesty, Compassion, Healing from Anger, and Recovery Thinking. The main aim of these skills is to help patients attain safety in their relationships, thinking, behavior, and emotions.

Intimate partner violence refers to a pattern of physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse that occurs in relationships. We provide therapy services and will link you to resources. This support is available for both partners. We offer a specialized group, Strength at Home, that helps decrease aggression in relationships and increase communication.

Military Sexual Trauma refers to when service men and women experience trauma from unwanted sexual activities that creates symptoms and struggles in life. We provide therapy to address issues related to MST. You and your therapist will create a treatment plan tailored to meet your unique needs. That plan may include individual, group, couples, and/or family therapy.

Vet Centers are privileged to offer bereavement counseling to family members of any Military member who dies on active duty. We also provide grief counseling to our eligible veterans who suffer the loss of a loved one.