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Virginia Beach Vet Center

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We offer confidential help for Veterans, service members, and their families at no cost in a non-medical setting. Our services include counseling for needs such as depression, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the psychological effects of military sexual trauma (MST). We can also connect you with more support in VA and your community.

Locations and contact information

Main Location

324 Southport Circle
Suite 102
Virginia Beach, VA 23452

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Hours

  • Mon. 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Tue. 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Wed. 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Thu. 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Fri. 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Sat. Closed
  • Sun. Closed
324 Southport Circle Suite 102

Other locations

Vet Centers are community based to be more accessible in areas where you live.

We also have non-traditional hours that change periodically given our community’s needs. Please call us to find out more.

Need help after hours?

Our call center is available 24/7. Call us anytime at 877-927-8387.

Prepare for your visit

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First time visitor? Give us a call and let's discuss how we can help.

Many of our services are available on a walk-in basis.

Please call to schedule an appointment with one of our counselors.

Non-traditional hours are available  by appointment.

We have plenty of free parking to include the following:

  • Designated Vet Center Parking spaces
  • Parking in excess  of designated spaces
  • Street parking is available in front of Vet Center
  • Free parking lot across the street
  • 2  accessible parking spaces

You do not need to be registered for care at VA, rated for a service-connected disability, or receiving any other form of VA benefits. On your first visit, we will look for one or more of the following:

  • Discharge documents (such as a DD214)
  • Receipt of certain awards
  • Deployment orders
  • Other documents that show qualifying military service

Request your military service records online.

If you don’t have these documents on-hand, come in and we can work with you to establish your eligibility and answer any questions you might have.

Please visit Hudson Roads Transit for routes and schedules. 

"I do not know what I would of done without the Vet Center Staff" - Vet Center client, December 2021

"I feel so comfortable here" - Vet Center client, December 2021

"You guys are the best kept secret in the VA!!" - Vet Center client, November 2021

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Groups

Counseling services

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We offer couples and family counseling to support you as you work toward meeting your goals.

Here at the Virginia Beach Vet Center, we offer

  • Couples counseling and support
  • Spouse and Significant Other groups

If someone close to you has died or you’re adjusting to a difficult life change, we’re here to support you.

Virginia Beach Vet Center offers counseling and other support, such as:

  • Bereavement counseling for families who have lost a loved one during active duty
  • Grief counseling

If you’re struggling with issues like PTSD, depression, grief, anger, or trauma, we offer counseling and other support. We’ll work with you to help you achieve your personal goals.

At Virginia Beach Vet Center we offer individual and group counseling. Our specialty groups include

  • Vietnam Combat Veterans
  • OEF/OIF groups
  • Combat Veterans (era integrated)
  • Women Veterans
  • Era-specific Groups (Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq)
  • Cultural  groups
  • Service branch groups

We also offer evidence-based therapies  

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) 
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

If you experienced sexual assault or harassment during military service, we can help you get the counseling you need. Any Veteran or service member, including members of the National Guard and Reserve forces, who experienced military sexual trauma is eligible to receive counseling. This applies to people of all genders from any service era.

If you have symptoms of PTSD after a traumatic event, we can help. We offer assessment and support through private counseling and group therapy. We can also refer you to VA or community counseling for treatment and therapy resources.

Virginia Beach Vet Center offers evidence-based therapies, including

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) 
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Multiple counseling groups are available at the Virginia Beach Vet Center, including 

  • Combat Veteran Group
  • Vietnam Groups 
  • Iraq/Afghanistan Groups 

We can also help with anger management and insomnia.

If you’re returning from military service, we’ll help you transition to civilian life. We can connect you with educational and career counseling, mental health services, and other programs and benefits that will support your transition.

If you’re a woman Veteran transitioning to civilian life, we can help you find counseling, support, and referral services to meet your specific needs.

Virginia Beach Vet Center offers individual and group counseling with counselors identified as VA Woman's Mental Health Champions.

Referral services

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We can help you overcome substance use problems, from unhealthy alcohol use to life-threatening addiction. We'll connect you to services for your specific needs.

If you’re homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, we can help you connect with resources in your community.

If you or someone you love is at risk, call the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at . Learn more about how they can help. 

We can connect you with the HUD VASH at the Hampton VA Medical Center or call

Call our Veterans Crisis Line at 988 and press 1 to get support anytime day or night. This service is private, free, and available 24/7. Our Vet Center can also connect you with ongoing counseling and services.

We can help connect you to VA and community resources that will support you in achieving your goals.

Other services

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We provide private organizations and community agencies education on our Veteran community and military culture. Together, we build referral networks to expand support for Veterans, service members, and their families.

The Virginia Beach Vet Center values community partnerships and is intentional about engaging with our local communities regularly. Established local partnerships include:

  • National Guard & Reserve Units
  • State Universities & Community Colleges
  • Community Legal Services
  • State and Federal Prison Partners
  • Other Federal agencies to include Veterans Affairs Medical Centers

How we’re different than a clinic

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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.

You may be eligible for Vet Center services no matter your discharge status or eligibility for VA health care. And we encourage you to contact us, even if you’re not sure if you’re eligible. If we can’t help you, we’ll find someone who can. 

If you’re a Veteran or service member (including National Guard and Reserves), you’re eligible if you meet any of these service requirements: 

  • You served on active duty in any combat theater or area of hostility, or 
  • You provided mortuary services or direct emergency medical care to treat the casualties of war while on active duty, or 
  • You were a member of an unmanned aerial vehicle crew that provided direct support to operations in a combat theater or area of hostility, or 
  • You served on active 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, or  
  • You’re a current or former member of the Coast Guard who participated in a drug interdiction operation, or 
  • You’re a current member of the Reserve Component assigned to a military command in a drill status, including active Reserves, and you need to address a behavioral health condition or psychological trauma that is related to your military service

If you’re a Veteran or service member (including National Guard and Reserves), you’re also eligible for Vet Center services if any of these descriptions is true for you: 

  • You’re a Vietnam Era Veteran who used Vet Center services before January 2, 2013, or 
  • You experienced military sexual trauma (no matter your gender or service era), or 
  • You currently use any covered VA educational assistance benefits

What are the covered educational assistance benefits?

  • Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty
  • Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve
  • Post-9/11 GI Bill
  • Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)
  • Veterans’ Educational Assistance Program (VEAP)

Remember: You don’t need to be enrolled in VA health care to be eligible for Vet Center services. You don’t need to have a service-connected disability. And you can have any character of discharge.

You can use our counseling and other support services when your participation would support the growth and goals of the Veteran or service member in your family. If the Veteran or service member considers you family, so do we.  

You can also use our bereavement services if any of these descriptions is true for your family: 

  • The Veteran or service member died while serving on active duty, or

  • The Veteran was using Vet Center services at the time of their death, or

  • The Veteran or service member died by suicide 

No. You don’t have to be enrolled in VA health care or have a service-connected disability.

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.