PTSD Counseling Services

Washington State Department of

Veterans Affairs

WDVA Central Office Hours Monday - Thursday 7:00 am - 6:00 pm Friday Closed

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PTSD COUNSELING SERVICES

The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Program attempts to create community-based avenues to counseling service that are less formal in nature, offering the highest level of confidentially possible. Services provided throughout the program include individual, couples, family, and veteran group counseling. Some contractors offer group services to women veterans and spouses of veterans. Veterans may be referred to specialized inpatient or outpatient treatment offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers or Vet Centers within Washington State.

Our licensed mental health professional contractors offer a wide range of specialized treatment services, as well as linkage to a variety of other services. Current contractors have an average of 24 years of direct service experience in the field of mental health.

ELIGIBILITY

Honorably discharged war era (any of the nation’s war or peacekeeping periods) veterans and his/her family members
Washington State National Guard or Military Reserve members deployed in support of the nation’s war and peacekeeping missions, and their family members
The veteran does not need to be suffering from or diagnosed with PTSD, but should be able to demonstrate significant post war adjustment issues to warrant outpatient care
No VA service connected disability for any condition is required for this service within the WDVA PTSD Program
Services are free to qualified veterans
Priority is given to those most vulnerable or having no other reasonable options for care.

School Aged Children of War Exposed Veterans

Additional counseling and consulting resources are being used to educate teachers and school counselors of the potential needs of school aged children of war exposed parents. Secondary and/or transgenerational trauma reactions in children can affect their ability to attend and learn successfully. We know that a child’s social behavior, emotional development, and the skills a child needs to be successful in the wider world, may be affected by the presence of untreated PTSD in the family. Early identification and referral of children and families who are demonstrating specific reactions are a significant priority of the PTSD Program.

Services to Higher Education

The PTSD Program provides in-service training and consultation to college and university counseling and other professional staff, and faculty members. This special program is designed to address the needs of war exposed veterans who have returned to school after discharge from the military, and who seek assistance at student counseling centers on campus. Along with expert help with counseling methods, military and veteran cultural awareness training, providers are given instruction in how to use the sometimes complex services network available to war veterans and their family members. University and college counselors are encouraged to call the PTSD Program Director for more information.

Best Practices for Veterans in Higher Education (pdf)

CONTACT OUR PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
Thomas Schumacher
(360) 725-2226
1-800-562-2308
FAX: 360-586-1077

Address:
1102 Quince St SE
PO BOX 41150
Olympia, WA 98504-1150
Email: tom@dva.wa.gov

PTSD Program Brochure

Resource List

PTSD Director Tom Schumacher
360-725-2226 or 1-800-562-2308

FIND A COUNSELOR - Site Map

CONTRACTOR FORMS

24 HOUR VA CRISIS HOTLINE
1-800-273-TALK(8255)

Contract PTSD Provider Position

PTSD Program seeks Contractor to provide outreach, counseling, and resource referral services to veterans in the Seattle inner-city. Contractor must be licensed as a mental health provider, hold a business license, have liability insurance, and possess experience doing outreach and counseling/ treatment services to veterans who suffer complex PTSD, other mental health issues, joblessness, homelessness, and/or medical issues. This contract involves visits and consultation to homeless shelters, the ability to make street contacts with veterans living in, and around, the inner-city of Seattle, especially Pioneer Square. This contractor will have special skills at identifying and connecting with these veterans for the purpose of providing direct services and successful referrals to veteran programs and benefits.

Interested parties should contact
Tom Schumacher, PTSD Director
Email tom@dva.wa.gov
Phone 360-725-2226

US DVA PROGRAMS
Medical Centers

Puget Sound Health Care System
Seattle and American Lake
Seattle & American Lake Deployment Health Clinic
Portland VAMC Mental Health
Spokane VAMC

Programs

Mental Health Self-Assessment Program
Online screening gives troops anonymity
VA Puget Sound Services
Women's Health Clinic
Women's Military Sexual Trauma Program
Summary of VA Services
National Center for PTSD
PILOTS Database
index to traumatic stress literature

VA RCS (Readjustment Counseling Service)
Vet Centers in Washington State:

Bellingham (360) 733-9226
Everett (425) 252-9701
Seattle (206) 553-2706
Spokane (509) 444-8387
Tacoma (253) 565-7038
Yakima (509) 457-2736

Vet Centers in Oregon State:

Services provided to WA residents in extreme southeast Washington state counties:
Portland (503) 273-5370
Grants Pass (541) 479-6912
Eugene (541) 465-6918
Salem (503)362-9911

The Repetition & Avoidance Quarterly
The Washington State Veterans PTSD Program newsletter

For Benefits Information Call 1-800-562-2308 For Assistance - TDD: 360-725-2199

FIND A COUNSELOR - Site Map

CONTRACTOR FORMS

24 HOUR VA CRISIS HOTLINE 1-800-273-TALK(8255)

24 HOUR VA CRISIS HOTLINE
1-800-273-TALK(8255)