Salt Lake City Vet Center
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.
Our commitment
- We offer a range of services, from talk therapy to recreational activities. Our team will work with you to identify your goals and make a plan to meet them. We'll help you and your family build meaningful connections to improve your quality of life.
- Our counseling is confidential. We won’t share any information about you or the services you receive without your permission—except in a life-threatening situation. Our records can't be accessed by other VA offices, the Defense Department, military units, or community providers.
- We encourage you to contact us, even if you're not sure you're eligible. We'll find a way to connect you with the help you need.
Locations and contact information
Main Location
Direct line
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
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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At this time our initial intake appointments are taking about 30 mins. After that appointments can range in time based upon your needs. Most individual and family appointments last about an hour and group meetings are about 1.5 hours.
Some same day services are available.
Walk-ins are welcome but we’d prefer you have an appointment.
Anyone in crisis will be seen the same day.
We are located on the first floor of the Hamlet Homes building.
Parking is available on the north side of the building.
We are across the street from the Murray City Fire Station in Suite 102.
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.
- Use this system map to find an efficient UTA bus or TRAX route.
- For more information about DAV shuttle services, call
or x1027. - For assistance with UTA Flextrans Paratransit service in Salt Lake and Davis counties call
or visit UTA Flextrans Paratransit.
In the spotlight
New Vet Centers and Satellite Locations Announced
To improve access to counseling, we are adding three Vet Centers and six satellite locations across the US and its territories. We will continue to expand our program to meet Veteran demand and provide local support to those who served.
Telehealth and Virtual Visits
We know that it is not always easy to travel for your appointments. For the convenience of our clients, and community partners we offer virtual visits by phone, VVC, and Teams.
New Providers Update
As we continue to transition into hiring our new counselors, there are still counselors available who are visiting from other Vet Centers. Both in-person and remote visits are available.
Counseling services
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We offer couples and family counseling to support you as you work toward meeting your goals.
The Salt Lake Vet Center recognizes that support from the home front can be key in the readjustment of a Veteran when they return from deployment. We provide couples and family counseling regardless of when you served. Listen to one Veteran's spouse talk about her experience at a Vet Center.
If someone close to you has died or you’re adjusting to a difficult life change, we’re here to support you.
The Salt Lake Vet Center provides both individual and group counseling to those who have have lost their loved ones. Please contact us at
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.
The Salt Lake Vet Center is made up from a multi-disciplinary team of mental health professionals including but not limited to psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and peer support specialists.
We offer evidence based treatments as well as just a safe place to talk and have someone who can listen.
Our team also includes several Veterans who have deployed in service to our country.
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.
Recovery is an ongoing, daily, and gradual process. Healing does not mean forgetting the traumatic experience or no longer having emotional pain when thinking about it. Rather, it is learning to understand the event, how to cope with your reactions and to move forward.
Healing can look like reduced intensity and frequency of symptoms, increased confidence in ability to cope with memories and reactions, and improved ability to manage emotions and relationships.
Our counselors at the Vet Center can help you through the recovery and healing process to help you thrive with either individual counseling sessions or support groups. The Murray and Ogden offices offer both virtual and in-person support groups that are open to all Vet Center eligible, female service members.
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.
The Vet Center staff uses evidence based therapies in the treatment of PTSD, including, but not limited to
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT),
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Psycho-Educational Classes are available for caregivers, friends, and community partners.
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.
The Salt Lake Vet Center and Major Brent Taylor Ogden Outstation provide the following services to returning Veterans.
- Support to Yellow Ribbon Events
- Support to Command-sponsored events
- Information and Educational Briefings
- Resource Referral
- Bereavement Counseling
- Benefit explanation and referral
- Group and individual therapy
- Screening and referral for TBI, depression, etc
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.
The Salt Lake Vet Center works hand in hand with the VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System to provide substance abuse treatment in our community. For more information call the VA at
If you’re homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, we can help you connect with resources in your community.
We can connect you with VA Homeless Veteran Outreach 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.
Our primary focus is your safety! If you feel hopeless, suicidal, or in need of crisis care, just let your counselor know so you can work together to help you feel safer and more optimistic about your future. Should you need the Veterans Crisis Line, in addition to calling them, you can also reach them via confidential chat at Veterans Crisis Line or text to 838255. Together we work to help you stay safe and improve your world.
The Salt Lake Vet Center has several key staff members that are trained to provide SAVE training to the community.
If you or your organization is interested in receiving free suicide prevention training please call
The Vet Center coordinates with the Salt Lake VA Medical Center as well as community organizations to provide interventions to assist the Veteran or service member in treatment.
For more information call the VA suicide prevention team at
We can help connect you to VA and community resources that will support you in achieving your goals.
Highlighted Vet Center Groups
- Coffee with Candace- "not as lean, not as mean, but still a marine" although this bumper sticker is geared towards the Marine Corps the message is the same for Veterans from all branches of service. This meetup allows Veterans to get together and just be themselves, it is a "safe space" to be a Vet and talk like a Veteran. Call for more information
- Karl's Virtual Meetup- this is a chance for our community partners to share what is available to Veterans and their families. In the past we have hosted, the Regional Director of the Veterans Benefits Administration(VBA), the co-creator of "The Veteran's Writing Foundation", and many others. Call for more information.
- See what our local Veterans say about group.
Community Resources
- If you need support or you're looking to help out some of our community's Veterans and service members visit the Utah Veterans Alliance
. - Salt Lake VA Healthcare Network (SLCVAMC)
- The SLC VAMC has released a new PSA about what is new within the health care network.
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.
Here are a couple of ways that the Salt Lake Vet Center is helping to improve the quality of life for Veterans living in our community:
- We provide suicide prevention training to individuals as well as organizations.
- We advocate on behalf of the Veteran community on local, state, and national levels to improve the quality of life.
- We partner with first responders, local colleges and universities to offer Veteran culture classes to the faculty to help them understand the struggles that veterans and their families may face as well as dispel myths that have haunted or prevented Veterans from achieving their life goals.
If you are looking for specific answers to your benefit questions (both Federal and State) please visit the Utah State Department of Veteran and Military Affairs or call
If you need support or you're looking to help out some of our community's Veterans and service members visit the Utah Veterans Alliance or call
How Vet Centers are different than a medical 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:
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The Veteran or service member died while serving on active duty, or
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The Veteran was using Vet Center services at the time of their death, or
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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.
Call us at
Our confidential call center is staffed by combat Veterans from several eras and family members of Veterans.
You can talk to us about your military experience, issues around transitioning out of military service, or trauma. We’ll help connect you to resources and support at a Vet Center near you.