Prince George's County Vet Center
We offer individual counseling for Veterans and service members who need support with substance use disorder.
Our services are 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 offer individual and group therapy, such as our Wives Support PTSD group, offered Wednesdays at noon. This group is for women spouses of Veterans and service members.
Reach out to us if you or your organization would like to learn more about VA benefits and services, Veteran culture, and how we can collaborate to support the Veteran community. We can provide individual or group educational briefings, present at your organizations’ events, and establish clinical partnerships with your organizations.
We offer bereavement services to the 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.
We provide individual, group, couples, and family counseling to talk through problems, brainstorm solutions, discuss what resources are available, and work with you to create effective and practical plans for your personal mental health care.
Our services include:
- Stress management
- Activity engagement
- Anger management
Groups at our center include:
- Vietnam Veteran PTSD support
- Wives PTSD support group
- Military Sexual Trauma PTSD Boot Camp 101 (for women and beginners only)
- Military Sexual Trauma Women’s Empowerment group
- Gulf War PTSD support group
Our staff work in a variety of therapeutic modalities, including:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Client-centered Therapy
- Supportive Therapy
We offer individual and group therapy, such as:
- Military Sexual Trauma Women’s Empowerment group, offered every other Tuesday
- Military Sexual Trauma PTSD Boot Camp 101 (for women and beginners only), offered every other Monday
These groups are by counselor referral. To get started, please call 301-856-7173.
We offer individual and group counseling, such as:
- Vietnam Veteran PTSD support group, offered on the second and fourth Monday of the month
- Military Sexual Trauma PTSD Boot Camp 101 (for women and beginners only), offered every other Monday
- Wives PTSD support group, offered on Wednesdays at noon
We use evidenced-based therapies such as:
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Gottman Method
These groups are by counselor referral. To get started, call 301-856-7173.
We offer individual and group counseling, such as:
- Men’s combat group, offered Tuesday evenings at 5:00 p.m.
- Renegade men’s group, offered Tuesday at noon.
We offer individual counseling for Veterans who have suicidal ideations and attempts. We provide other VA and community referrals for Veterans and service members requiring intensive outpatient treatment and/or inpatient services.
We can connect you with a Veterans Service Office to fit your needs or help with any Veteran-related program, including:
- Filing a claim or claim-related questions
- Educational benefits
- Housing
- VA loans
- National Cemetery Administration or burial benefits
- Obtaining your DD214
- Obtaining your VA Identification card
- Enrolling for VA health care
- Job search
- Resume writing workshops
- Interviewing skills workshops
We offer individual and group counseling, such as:
- Women’s Empowerment group, offered every other Tuesday
- Female Veteran support group, offered on Thursday at noon
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.