VA Healthcare Systems of ConnecticutResidential Treatment in West Haven, CT
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This is the Veterans Affairs (VA) mental health services program, which provides comprehensive mental health care for Veterans and eligible service members. The VA offers services for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, military sexual trauma, suicide prevention, and other mental health conditions. Services are available through multiple access points including VA medical centers, Vet Centers, and telehealth options. Care options range from peer support with other Veterans to counseling, therapy, medication, or combinations thereof. Over 1.7 million Veterans received mental health services at the VA in the past year. The program is designed to help Veterans take charge of their treatment and live full and meaningful lives. Services are available 24/7 through the Veterans Crisis Line and can be accessed in person or remotely, with no requirement to be enrolled in VA health care to access crisis support.
Role
Residential Treatment
What a first session looks like
Virtual & In-PersonCall 877-222-8387 (Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET) or call/walk in to any VA medical center anytime day or night to access mental health services. If already using VA medical services, ask your primary care provider to schedule an appointment with a VA mental health provider.
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Other focus areas
Evidence-based approaches
Group therapy
Group Therapy. A small facilitated circle where people working on similar struggles practice naming what is hard, hearing themselves in others, and learning skills together. The room is the medicine.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention. Practices noticing urges without acting on them, building the gap between trigger and choice.
Psychodynamic
Psychodynamic Therapy. Explores the older patterns and unconscious dynamics underneath the surface behavior. Slower than skills-based work, deeper on the questions of why you reach for the thing you reach for.
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