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Request Assistance from DVS for Behavioral HealthFind counseling resources, suicide prevention support, peer programs, and wellness services for veterans and their families across the Commonwealth.
How We Help
We provide Behavioral Health support for both individuals and groups and will link service members, veterans, families and caregivers to counseling and treatment services. These services will help address the challenges of life stressors, mental health and/or substance use needs, military service, transition, deployments, post-traumatic stress, and traumatic brain injuries.
For assistance locating peer and family recovery support and/or counseling and treatment services, please click the request assistance services button on this page, or call 877-285-1299.
Note: We do not provide crisis services. Refer to the 988 links for crisis services.
Mental Wellness Support
Veteran Mental Health Resources
Cabana
Through our partnership with Cabana, DVS is proud to offer FREE services to help you overcome unique barriers to mental health such as stigma, job security, time, and accessibility. Cabana offers professionally moderated groups, on-demand learning, and tools from licensed therapists.
Veterans, service members, and their families are eligible.
Click here to access free peer and mental health support
Veteran Spouse Support Group
Led by Veteran family members, the groups motivate, self-advocate, and offer support for one another, sharing post-military and transition experiences. All veteran spouses, including Reserve and National Guard are welcome!
Video Meetings
Third Thursday of every month
6:00 - 7:30 pm
To join, email
Priscilla.clark@dvs.virginia.gov
Virginia National Guard Family Programs
The Virginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS) Virginia Veteran and Family Support (VVFS) serves the Virginia National Guard and Army Reserve through direct service and extensive engagement. The Peer Services Director, Jamie M. Staten, is the agency’s lead liaison and collaborates directly with the National Guard’s Resiliency (J9) department.
PSD Staten supports the National Guard at community and state-sponsored events by providing targeted outreach, non-clinical peer support, and resource navigation. If you would like to have DVS support your soldiers and their families, you can contact him at jamie.staten@dvs.virginia.gov.
Virginia National Guard section: The Peer Services Director (PSD), Jamie M. Staten, is the agency’s lead liaison and collaborates directly with the National Guard’s Resiliency (J9) department.