*Vet Center offered at Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System - Everett Vet Center
Offers mental health intake assessments for combat veterans and any veterans who experienced sexual trauma in the military (and their families, if applicable). Also offers time-limited, structured skills groups dealing with anger management, assertiveness training, self-esteem building, stress management, relaxation training, and other living/coping skills. As well as long-term, multiple-focus groups that include psychotherapy, couples communication, significant others and special populations groups. Also offers benefit counseling, job service referrals and bereavement counseling for family members who have lost a loved one while they were on active duty. Will refer to other agencies, as appropriate.
Location
3311 Wetmore Ave, Everett, WA 98201
Voice
Website
Hours
M-F, 8am-4:30pm. Evening and weekend hours are available by appointment.
Application process
Call or visit site. If available, bring medical discharge and separation (DD214) papers.
Eligibility
Veterans who experienced sexual trauma in the military, as well as any combat veterans of any era. Sometimes also serves these veterans' families.
Fee
None.
Languages
Interpreter services
Agency info
Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
VA Puget Sound provides comprehensive care to more than 155,000 enrolled Veterans across Western Washington with a primary care team at one of its care sites: two main campuses (American Lake and Seattle), seven outpatient clinics (Edmonds, Everett, Mount Vernon, Olympia, Port Angeles, Puyallup and Silverdale) and two Community Resource & Referral Centers (Georgetown in Seattle and Renton). As the VA’s 4th largest research program, VA Puget Sound has research in virtually every major clinical department, including: TBI and multiple blast exposures; memory improvement and Alzheimer's Disease; PTSD and deployment health; Parkinson’s Disease; diabetes; cancer; substance abuse; lower limb prosthetics; genomics; and Health Services. Additionally, it has seven nationally recognized Centers of Excellence (in areas from limb-loss prevention and prosthetic engineering to primary care education and substance abuse treatment). For more information visit www.va.gov/puget-sound-health-care or call 800-329-8387. For Veterans in Crisis, please use the Veterans Crisis line at 988 (press 1).