Providence Vet Center
The Providence Vet Center has a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) onsite to offer family and couples counseling.
The Providence Vet Center offers bereavement counseling in an individual or group setting by a trained bereavement counselor.
The Providence Vet Center offers individual and group counseling using evidence based therapies such as :
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT)
- Trauma Recovery and Empowerment
- Sobriety Support
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Crisis Intervention
- Psychoeducation
- Psychosocial Therapy
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
- Moral Reconation Therapy
- Seeking Safety Therapy
The Providence Vet Center offers individual and group counseling by counselors, both male and female, with specific Military Sexual Trauma (MST) training.
At the Providence Vet Center we offer individual and group counseling for our Veterans and service members.
Our groups run several times a week and at different times of the day.
Many of our counselors are even Veterans themselves.
If you have questions about our group schedule please give us a call.
The Providence Vet Center offers therapeutic activities such as
- Yoga
- Mindfulness
- Fishing Charters
- Surfing
- Art Expression
The Providence Vet Center offers individual and group counseling.
The Providence Vet Center has specially trained counselors on staff to support your needs and can facilitate inpatient treatment if necessary. We also provide referral to VA and local community counseling resources.
The Providence Vet Center may help you know where to go and how to register for
- VA medical benefits and register for care
- Filing a military-related disability claim and other forms
- Understanding your VA education benefits
- Housing and home loans
- Education and referral for VA burial benefits
We may also connect you with State benefits assistance and local Veteran Service Organizations.
The Providence Vet Center supports local Veterans through partnerships with:
- Providence VA Medical Center (VAMC)
- Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
- Veterans Inc
- Operation Stand Down Rhode Island (OSDRI)
- Wounded Warrior Project (WWP)
- Beyond the Battle (BTB)
- John P.B.R. DuClau Memorial Foundation
- RI Elder Info
- Veteran Angler Charters
- Narragansett Surfcasters Association
- Rhode Island Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
- Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
- Military Order of the Purple Heart
- Rhode Island Italian American War Veterans
- Local universities
- Local businesses
- Local military installations
- National Guard Armories
The Providence Vet Center offers remote/virtual counseling and outreach through VA Videoconnect, and WebEx.
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.