Watertown Vet Center
Our Vet Center therapists utilize evidence based practices and other effective therapies such as:
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Dialectical Behavioral therapy (DBT)
- Emotion-focused therapy (EFT)
Watertown Vet Center groups (currently virtual) include:
- Men’s Combat PTSD Group
- Coping Skills Group
- Vietnam Veterans Group
- Healthy Relationships Group
- Women’s Group
Watertown Vet Center groups (currently virtual) include:
- Men’s Combat PTSD Group
- Coping Skills Group
- Vietnam Veterans Group
Our Vet Center therapists utilize evidence based practices and other effective therapies such as:
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Dialectical Behavioral therapy (DBT)
- Emotion-focused therapy (EFT)
Watertown Vet Center groups (currently virtual) include:
- Healthy Relationships Group
- Spouse’s Group
Our Vet Center therapists utilize evidence based practices and other effective therapies such as:
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Dialectical Behavioral therapy (DBT)
- Emotion-focused therapy (EFT)
The Watertown Vet Center has male and female counselors who utilize a trauma-informed care to provide therapy and supportive services to those who experienced MST.
Watertown Vet Center groups (currently virtual) include:
- Healthy Relationships Group
- Coping Skills Group
- Women’s Group
Our Vet Center therapists utilize evidence based practices and other effective therapies such as:
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Dialectical Behavioral therapy (DBT)
- Emotion-focused therapy (EFT)
Watertown Vet Center offers counseling and other support, such as:
- Bereavement counseling for families after the death of an active-duty service member
- Community referrals for bereavement counseling
Watertown Vet Center groups (currently virtual) include:
- Healthy Relationships Group
- Men’s Combat PTSD Group
- Coping Skills Group
- Spouse’s Group
- Women’s Group
- Vietnam Veterans Group
Our Vet Center therapists utilize evidence based practices and other effective therapies such as:
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Dialectical Behavioral therapy (DBT)
- Emotion-focused therapy (EFT)
The Watertown Vet Center provides a welcoming, inclusive environment staffed with women counselors who can focus on the unique needs of women Veterans.
Watertown Vet Center groups (currently virtual) include:
- Coping Skills Group
- Women’s Group
Our Vet Center therapists utilize evidence based practices and other effective therapies such as:
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Dialectical Behavioral therapy (DBT)
- Emotion-focused therapy (EFT)
The Watertown Vet Center understands that the transition from military to civilian life can be a challenge. We offer a variety of ways to assist you in that process such as:
- How to get VA medical benefits and register for care
- Where to file claims and other forms
- Understand your VA educational benefits
- Housing and home loans
- Education and referral for VA burial benefits
- Connecting with local community agencies and organizations assisting Veterans, service members and their families
Contact us if you or your organization would like to learn more about Vet Center services, the Veteran culture and how we can support our Veteran community together. We can provide individual or group educational briefings.
Your organization does not have to be Veteran centric to learn how the Veteran culture may contribute to the community or your organization.
The Watertown Vet Center understands that the transition from military to civilian life can be a challenge. We offer a variety of ways to assist you in that process such as:
- How to get VA medical benefits and register for care
- Where to file claims and other forms
- Understand your VA educational benefits
- Housing and home loans
- Education and referral for VA burial benefits
- Connecting with local community agencies and organizations assisting Veterans, service members and their families
Our Vet Center therapists utilize evidence based practices and other effective therapies such as:
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Dialectical Behavioral therapy (DBT)
- Emotion-focused therapy (EFT)
We also work closely with LGBTQIA+ service providers at the VA and other community partners, and we can make a direct referrals. Learn more about the Syracuse VA's services for LGBTQIA+ Veterans.
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.