MIDLAND For decades, the Midland Vet Center has provided services to Midland/Odessa Veterans and those residing in 27 surrounding counties across Texas. Newly hired Vet Center counselors are now on board, each with a breadth of readjustment and military experience, to assist Veterans, active military service members and their families with readjustment services.
“We are highly skilled to provide assistance with anxiety, bereavement, depression, PTSD, military sexual trauma, and a variety of other social and recreational concerns,” Artley Edwards, director, Midland Vet Center, said in a news release. “We care about the mental health and social well-being of our Veterans and their families. Veterans are never billed for our services, and above all, our services are always kept in the strictest of confidence.”
The Midland Vet Center works closely with the West Texas VA Medical Center in Big Spring and other Veteran and community organizations to address Veteran needs.
For more information or to schedule a visit, contact the Midland Vet Center at 432-697-8222, located at 4400 N. Midland Dr, Ste 540. The hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Vet Centers are community-based counseling centers providing a broad range of counseling, outreach, and referral services, free-of-charge, in a safe and confidential environment to eligible Veterans, active duty service members (including National Guard and Reserve), and their families.
Vet Center counselors and outreach staff, many of whom are Veterans themselves, are experienced and prepared to discuss the tragedies of war, loss, grief and transition after trauma. Services include but are not limited to, PTSD, military sexual trauma, and bereavement counseling; marriage and family therapy; resources for suicide prevention; and assistance with VA benefits.
Veterans and family members, who are experiencing a crisis, are encouraged to call the Vet Center Call Center at 1-877-927-8387. This is an around-the-clock, free, confidential call center where Veterans and their families can call to talk about their military experience or any other issue they are facing.
Veterans in crisis, or friends and family concerned about one, can always connect with caring, qualified responders at VA’s Veterans Crisis Line: 988 then press 1, text 838255, or veteranscrisisline.net.
