Northern Maine Vet Center
The Northern Maine Vet Center offers individual and group counseling free of charge and without limitation. We also provide referral services to appropriate resources in our community.
Care at our center includes
- One-on-one counseling sessions targeted at your individual needs
- Group counseling for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Vietnam Veterans; Spouse / Significant Others, and more evidenced based therapies.
- Combat-related groups
- Vietnam Veteran groups
- PTSD
- Substance addiction
- Family / couples therapy
- Military Sexual Trauma
We offer the following evidence-based therapies:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Motivational interviewing (MI)
- Biofeedback therapies
The Northern Maine Vet Center offers individual and group counseling and other support, free of charge and without limitation, including
- Combat-related groups
- Vietnam Groups
We offer the following evidence-based therapies
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Motivational interviewing (MI)
At the Northern Maine Vet Center, we offer individual and group counseling for military sexual trauma free of charge and without limitation. We also provide referral services to appropriate resources in our community.
We have specially trained and experienced military sexual trauma therapists who utilize a trauma-informed care approach to assist with your counseling needs.
We offer one-on-one counseling sessions using evidenced based therapies, significant others, and family counseling to MST Survivors.
We also offer referral and supportive services to MST survivors through community partners and VA medical care.
The Northern Maine Vet Center offers counseling and support services for couples, free of charge and without limitation. The Vet Center has counselors specially trained, qualified and experienced in family and couples counseling.
Care includes:
- Family counseling
- Individual family member
- Significant Other individual counseling
- Couple’s counseling and support
For family or significant other individual counseling, it is required that the Veteran is a current client.
The Northern Maine Vet Center provides individual and family counseling, free of charge and without limitation.
The Northern Maine Vet Center also offers the following counseling and support.
- Bereavement Counseling for families who have lost a loved one while they were serving on active duty.
- Grief Counseling
- Contact information to the Veterans Benefits Administration and local and national cemetery regarding possible burial and survivor benefits
The Northern Maine Vet Center can help with substance use problems, free of charge and without limitation, to support you and connect you with services.
We provide long-term care and support to help Veterans and service members overcome underlying issues.
We also refer Veterans and service members struggling with addiction to the VA Health Care System and other community partners to detoxify and gain stability.
We have trained and experienced alcohol and drug addiction therapists on site to assist you.
The Northern Maine Vet Center offers readjustment counseling free of charge and without limitation. We understand that the readjustment from military to civilian life can be a challenge. We offer a variety of ways to assist you in that process. We provide one-on-one sessions, family, and couples counseling using proven therapies to help you and your significant others with readjustment.
The Northern Maine Vet Canter can also provide references for:
- VA medical benefits and register for care
- Filing claims and other forms
- VA education benefits
- VA burial benefits
- Housing and home loans
We can also connect you to Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
At the Northern Maine Vet Center, we offer individual and multi-person suicide prevention counseling, free of charge and without limitation. We also provide referral services to appropriate resources in our community. We have counselors specifically trained, licensed, and experienced in helping Veterans and service members with suicidal issues.
Care at the Northern Maine Vet Center includes:
- One-on-one counseling sessions targeted at your individual needs
- Family and significant other counseling
The Northern Maine Vet Center cultivates and maintains extensive contacts and relationships with local communities and community services.
If you are part of a local community organization, the Northern Maine Vet Center would like to offer our outreach services. We can provide education and information on the services the Vet Center provides, military culture and Veteran and service member needs.
We are available to participate in, and provide outreach at, community activities, festivities, concerts, and festivals, among other things.
The Northern Maine Vet Center can also connect you to Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
If you are returning from military service, we’ll help you readjust to civilian life. We can connect you with educational and career counseling, mental health services, and other programs and benefits that will support your readjustment.
We understand that the readjustment from military to civilian life can be a challenge. We can provide information and some assistance with:
- VA medical benefits and enrollment for care
- Filing claims and other forms
- VA education benefits
- Housing and home loans
- VA burial benefits
The Northern Maine Vet Center can also connect you to Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
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.