Healthy Minds, Healthy Heroes (HMHH) is providing no-cost counseling services to veterans with PTSD, depression, and anxiety.

The program will also counsel the veteran's family
members as long as the presenting issue relates back to supporting the veteran.

The program is composed of an intake specialist, licensed professional counselors, and licensed clinical social workers. Our counselors are either veterans themselves, or are a part of a veteran family, or have other experience with military culture. Counselors are trained in specific trauma therapies like Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure Therapy. Counselors are also trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Family Therapy informed by the research and work of Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Sue Johnson.

HMHH does not provide medications and is not an emergency service for walk-in clients.

To be eligible for the program, the veteran will need to provide a DD-214 and a photo ID. (HMHH can also help the veteran obtain their DD-214 document.)

A veteran with a dishonorable discharge will not be eligible for this program.

Call with questions or to schedule an appointment.

Free.

The Courtyard offers indoor sleeping to all individuals age 18 and older.

Families with nowhere else to stay are never turned away. (Families who arrive when the Intake Office is closed should go to the security building, which is located across the railroad tracks from the Intake Office, up a short flight of steps.)

Haven's Promise

• You will ALWAYS be treated with kindness, compassion, dignity, and respect.
• You will always sleep indoors, even in the Courtyard.
• You will receive three hot meals a day and any clothing you need.
• You will be connected to housing, through Haven Housing and our partners.
• You will be connected to medical care, dental care, eye care, mental health care.

Services Available

• Housing
• Employment opportunities
• ID Recovery: Social Security card, birth certificate, driver’s license
• Application Assistance for Social Security, Disability, Medicare, SNAP
• Substance use recovery
• Detox
• Sober living
• LGBTQ services
• Medical care
• Eye care
• Dental care
• Psychiatric services
• Counseling
• Help with abuse, trauma
• GED classes
• Support for parents
• Support for school-age kids
• Legal services
• Showers, laundry

For additional information, please contact [email protected].

There are no ID requirements and no drug testing is required.

All services are at no cost to Haven clients.

The Transformational Campus provides residential housing while clients work to overcome the issues that led to their becoming homeless.

Haven's Promise

• You will ALWAYS be treated with kindness, compassion, dignity, and respect.
• You will always sleep indoors, even in the Courtyard.
• You will receive three hot meals a day and any clothing you need.
• You will be connected to housing, through Haven Housing and our partners.
• You will be connected to medical care, dental care, eye care, mental health care.

Over 150 partner organizations collaborate to provide comprehensive services, including:

• Housing
• Employment opportunities
• ID Recovery: Social Security card, birth certificate, driver’s license
• Application Assistance for Social Security, Disability, Medicare, SNAP
• Substance use recovery
• Detox
• Sober living
• LGBTQ services
• Medical care
• Eye care
• Dental care
• Psychiatric services
• Counseling
• Help with abuse, trauma
• GED classes
• Support for parents
• Support for school-age kids
• Legal services
• Showers, laundry

Space on the Transformational Campus is limited and we cannot guarantee that a bed will be immediately available.

All services are at no cost to Haven clients.

The MVPN offers free and confidential support groups for veterans, soldiers and family members. We also provide opportunities for veterans and families to find support through MVPN social events and volunteer opportunities, and act as a guide to community resources through peer support services.

To contact us electronically, visit the Contact Us page. 

For more information, click here.

PTSD can affect a person in many different ways. What many people don’t realize is that an individual can suffer from PTSD, even if they weren’t directly involved in a threatening or scary event. For this reason, there may be many people who aren’t seeking the treatment they need.

At First Step Psychological Services, we are dedicated to helping people of all walks of life receive the PTSD therapy that they need to live a happier, healthier life. We have more than 10 years of experience working with people just like you, and we have the tools needed to combat and work through the root cause of your PTSD.

• Prolonged Exposure Therapy: At First Step Psychological Services, we use a treatment method called Prolonged Exposure (PE) to help patients work through their PTSD. This treatment is used to help expose an individual to the event that caused them trauma in an effort to better understand their symptoms. 
• Cognitive Processing Therapy: this is a tool that we use at First Step Psychological Services to help treat PTSD. While PE trauma therapy helps to explore the traumatic situation and feelings themselves, cognitive processing therapy helps to explore the way the traumatic event is interpreted. Our psychologists understand that while the traumatic event may have passed, the feelings can still impact an individual’s daily life.

Dr. Hernandez is an Out of Network provider, meaning she does not work directly with insurance providers. You may be eligible for reimbursement by your insurance as an "Out of Network" expense. We would be happy to supply you with the receipts to submit to your insurance.

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Click here for more information about our fees.

• Individual Counseling is a collaborative process between the patient and psychologist where psychological symptoms are discussed, monitored and treated in order to facilitate change and improve quality of life. At First Step, with 10+ years of experience, we guide and educate you to help you improve the overall quality of your daily life with individual counseling to help you focus on your goals and future milestones.
• Couples Counseling is an invaluable tool for couples undergoing stress related to poor communication, major life changes or destructive relationship patterns. For stress-free, fight-free, sometimes couples counseling comes in handy for you and your partner to better understand each other and look through the foggy clouds formed between both of you due to constant fights or arguments.
• Family Therapy is designed to address specific issues that affect the wellbeing of the family unit, such as major life transitions, mental health conditions, or major medical illness. We carter family therapy to help with all the issues that can affect the well-being of the family unit, individually and in a group, including significant life transitions and mental and physical health conditions, to help everyone in the family become a strong pillar for the family.

We implement:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD
• Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD
• Exposure Therapies for Specific Phobias

Dr. Hernandez is an Out of Network provider, meaning she does not work directly with insurance providers. You may be eligible for reimbursement by your insurance as an "Out of Network" expense. We would be happy to supply you with the receipts to submit to your insurance.

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No One Heals Alone.

• Group is open to active or retired First Responders
• Group Sessions are held at the San Antonio College Victory Center
• Complimentary Meal is served between 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Free.

No One Heals Alone.

• Group is open to Veterans and their dependents.
• Group Sessions are held at the San Antonio College Victory Center
• Complimentary Meal is served between 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Free.

The Victory Center at San Antonio College provides the following services:

• Academic Advising
• Education Benefit Certification
• VA Education Benefits
• Hazlewood Exemption
• Tuition Assistance
• MyCAA
• Transition and Career Center (TRAC)
• Student Lounge (Den)
• Tutoring Center (English and Math)
• Veteran Disability Claims Assistance
• PTSD Foundation Life Coaching and Support Group
• VetSuccess on Campus Counselor (VSOC)

This program serves serve veterans, active duty military, and their families.

We strive to provide the means for women Veterans to gain self-knowledge and self-renewal. Serving to protect the veteran, connect the resource and renew the women. Connect Female Veterans. Supporting Women Veterans. Assisting Her Transition. Protecting Our Vets.

Our San Antonio location focuses on adolescent Outpatient Services, as well as evaluation and drug testing.

Co-eds ages 13-18.

We accept most insurances, Medicaid, TRICARE, and state funding for those who meet eligibility.

Our company was established with the primary goal of helping people who are suffering from addiction, mental health issues, and addictive behaviors; through our education, counseling and intervention programs.

We understand first hand, the hurdles, struggles, and difficulties the individual in recovery and their family may face. Our programs serve as resources to help move beyond blame, shame and guilt and towards a path of positive change so the individual can realize their true potential.

We offer:

• Individual Counseling
• Group Therapy
• Family Therapy
• Telehealth
• Case Management
• Peer Support Groups
• Intervention Services
• Sober Transport and/or Escort

This program provides counseling and educational support groups for children who have experienced a significant loss or traumatic event in their lives. This program creates an environment that promotes safety and healing for a child’s negative reactions to trauma. Traumatic events may include death of a family member or friend, physical and emotional abuse, gang or family violence, divorce and abandonment issues.

The program services schools and community centers in Bexar County.

For more information on current services available please contact the main office at 210-924-0330.

Insight Behavioral Health is a program for adults 16+ who struggling with Moon, Anxiety and Trauma related conditions. We offer the same levels of care (PHP and IOP) in the same location as Eating Recovery Center, but the programs do not group together.

The Partial Hospitalization Program is 7 days a week, 6-8 hours a day. The Intensive Outpatient Program is 3 days a week, 3 hours a day.

Please call (877) 711-1878 for a FREE assessment by a Master’s level clinician.

Most major insurances accepted. The Eating Recovery Center’s insurance and financial specialists will provide a free benefits check. Our team will work tirelessly on your behalf to make treatment possible.

NAMI Homefront is a 6-session education program for loved ones of military Service Members and Veterans who experience symptoms of a mental health condition.

• Designed to help loved ones understand and support their Service Member or Veteran while maintaining their own well-being.
• Taught by trained family members of Service Members and Veterans who experience symptoms of a mental health condition.

If you are interested in attending a NAMI San Antonio Homefront class, please email Mary Ann Moquin.

Provide your name, address, zip code, and phone number. You will be contacted within 24 -48 hours or the next business day.

Free of charge to participants

Provides a variety of services suited to meet the developmental and emotional needs of each child at both our residental and non-residential facilities.

Play therapy techniques are used in individual and group counseling that is offered to help children process and heal from domestic violence.

Ongoing family case management services with a focus on the spectrum of needs of every child client are provided while maintaining an emphasis on meeting the academic needs of children identified as victims/survivors of family violence. Services are provided to every child.

For more information, call administration at 210-930-3669.

Trauma-Specialized Yoga Therapy integrates many mind and body practices, such as breath, movement, relaxation, and mindful meditation through a trauma-informed lens.

It focuses on the individual’s own experiences, building a safe container to work on their present health and wellness using the body’s beautiful capacity to heal from the inside out.

Trauma-Specialized Yoga Therapy is particularly helpful to those who are experiencing:

• anxiety
• depression
• sensory disorders
• PTSD
• Post-COVID Syndrome
• chronic pain
• metabolic disorders
• medical & developmental trauma
• physical injury
• Ventilator Trauma

Viana Mora holds an international designation of C-IAYT under the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

We accept private pay, Health Savings Account (HSA), and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) cards, and we provide statements of services.

Two-tier sliding scale and pro-bono programs are available.

An initial 30-minute information session is complimentary.

Somatic Experiencing® offers a framework to assess where a person is “stuck” in the fight, flight, and freeze responses and provides clinical tools to resolve these fixated somatic disordered states.

Somatic Experiencing® uses an incremental approach to revisiting trauma to help people build awareness, coherence, and self-regulation. The result is a deeper understanding of the body/mind connection with an improved ability to release and regulate emotions.

Somatic Experiencing® also helps manage stress, resolve issues related to trauma, heal from and navigate life transitions and relationships, and it builds resilience.

To find out more, contact us for a FREE 30-minute virtual, private information session.

 Click here to meet our Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner and SE Assistant.

We accept private pay, Health Savings Account (HSA), and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) cards, and we provide statements of services.

Two-tier sliding scale and pro-bono programs are available.

Art Therapy Is a form of psychotherapy based on the process of creating visual images through drawing, painting, sculpting, and the use of other art materials. In art therapy, emotions and thoughts are expressed symbolically through the creation of personal imagery. Art bypasses verbal defenses and limitations, allowing for insight to occur in a non-threatening way. The art produced can be reflected upon, and with guidance from the art therapist, one can explore the meaning of the images and work through areas of conflict and distress.

We currently only accept the following insurances:

• TX Medicaid
• Community First
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Aetna Better Health of TX
• Optum

Please call for private-pay fees.

All behavior has meaning. It is a way of communicating feelings and needs. So-called problem behavior is one way a child expresses conflict, which is difficult to conceptualize and verbalize. A child can channel and give conceptual form to negative feelings and behaviors through working with art materials. The clarification and responses of an art therapist facilitates the child’s awareness of patterns, intentions, and the meaning of behavior.

A child-centered approach curriculum addresses social and developmental issues for children and teens in the foster care system. This curriculum incorporates culturally-rooted concepts and values of each individual through indigenous teachings, writings, and expressive modalities.

In addition, clients will have the opportunity to learn meditation, guided imagery, and the calming effects of quieting the mind through meditation techniques.

Licensed professional counselors provide confidential psychotherapy sessions to individuals, families, and in group settings to those who are experiencing behavioral, social, or challenging situations as it relates to being in the foster care system. Counseling session objectives are to strengthen personal awareness, nurture, heal, foster positive social changes, improve family communication, and expand and deepen their personal skills needed to help cope with the challenges that come from being the foster care system.

We currently only accept the following insurances:

• TX Medicaid
• Community First
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Aetna Better Health of TX
• Optum

Please call for private-pay fees.

A supportive art therapy group in which children participate in structured art activities designed to help them identify and express their feelings. This support group enhances their social and problem solving skills, increase self-esteem, build self confidence, learn ways to reduce anxiety and conflict, re-direct negative thinking, and develop appropriate strategies for coping with life’s struggles and help them to make positive choices. Groups will be formed in the spring and will meet (on average) for 8 sessions.

Groups are available for ages 10-12.

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We currently only accept the following insurances:

• TX Medicaid
• Community First
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Aetna Better Health of TX
• Optum

Please call for private-pay fees.

Resiliency Through Healing (RTH) Program helps young adults 18 to 25 yrs who are survivors of child abuse or neglect to transition towards a stable and independent lifestyle through free counseling and case management services.

Services offered:

• Counseling
• Case Management
• 24/7 Crisis Hotline
• Peer and Psychoeducational groups

Goals:

• Process symptoms of trauma
• Set healthy boundaries
• Identify healthy coping skills
• Recognize signs of PTSD
• Identify Triggers
• Establish a safe home

Qualifying participants have experienced some form of trauma, abuse, or neglect before the age of 18.

HopeWise provides art therapy services and support groups for individuals and families in San Antonio.

Our team of counselors is committed to helping people heal and create happier, healthier lives. Often, trauma, grief, anxiety, or depression are part of the story that needs healing.  Through the use of expressive therapies like EMDR, art, or sand tray therapy our counselors can help you ease symptoms and find your own path to a happier life.

Click here for specific services offered by HopeWise.

Rates:

• $185 for Diagnostic Intake with Clinical Therapist
• $125 for 1-hour session with Clinical Therapist
• $100 for a 45-minute session with Clinical Therapist

Discounted Rates:

• $100 for 1.5 hour CPT session with Deborah
• $85 for 1-hour EMDR with Counselor Associate
• $65 for 1-hour session with Counselor Associate
• Payment

Payment may be made by cash, check, or credit card. Visa, MasterCard, and Discover cards are accepted. Flexible Spending Account Cards are also accepted. Payment is expected at the time of your session.

We accept private pay for clients who do not have or choose not to use insurance. Learn more about the benefits of private pay here.

Insurance accepted:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Exceptions: Blue Essentials, Blue Advantage HMO, and Blue Premier; these may be listed on your insurance as Gold, Silver, or Bronze.
• Community First
• Ambetter
• Superior
• United HealthCare
• Optum/Oscar
• Tricare Certified – Out of Network

We are currently making adjustments to our insurance providers. Please call to verify.

Our experience enables us to offer effective outpatient, individualized, psychological care. We treat a number of mental health disorders, and provide a neutral ground to individuals, families, and couples.

Our focus is to help individuals heal, energize, and become aware of their inner strengths. We achieve this by providing a neutral safe space, listening to your concerns, and customizing a treatment plan.

Depression and Anxiety: Depression, fear, and anxiety are some of the most common and uncomfortable emotions that we can experience at some point in our lives. Through counseling and treatment, we are able to help you recover motivation, perspective, and joy that you once had in your life.

Trauma and PTSD: Many individuals can experience symptoms associated with painful and traumatic circumstances (combat, sexual assault, abuse). Anxiety, fear, and hopelessness are a few emotions that can linger post traumatic events. We can help you overcome these symptoms and guide you through the process of grief and healing

Relationships: Relationship counseling can be beneficial to couples and families who are looking to strengthen their emotional connection, in all stages of their relationship. Therapy sessions are held with both couples and families to discuss issues and solutions.

Child and Adolescent: Childhood and adolescence are a struggle for many. Often circumstances or the same depresssion, fear and anxiety that impact adults and also prove to be problematic for children. Through counseling and treatment children and adolescents grow and develop.

Parenting: Therapy can include effective approaches to the challenges of parenting. The goal is to foster appropriate growth and development in the child from a positive perspective.

Developmental Delays: Developmental delays impact individuals and families. Our goal is to encourage adult living skills, improve social interaction, foster independence and involve positive family interaction.

Steven Flint is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who served as an Iraq combat Veteran.

In therapy, feeling comfortable with your therapist is essential in making therapeutic progress. Balanced Counseling provides transparency, honesty, and a non-judgmental, confidential, and relaxing environment.

Balanced Counseling uses a client centered approach, CBT, and solution focused therapy to encourage my clients to identify the strengths that lie within them. We have experience in helping people with depression, PTSD, Oppositional Defiance Disorder and anger management. We have experience working with teenagers, adults, Veterans, first responders, and the geriatric population.

This is a partnership with Texas Suicide Prevention Collaborative to provide Veterans and their Families with awareness training for coping skills, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide awareness and peer to peer relationship building.

Center keeps classes smaller to have more of a personal interaction for peer buddies.

Future Class are on:

• Calendar of Events
• Limited to the first 30 to sign up!
• Free Continental Breakfast and Lunch Provided
• 8:45 AM - Breakfast and sign-in

San Antonio Behavioral Healthcare Hospital’s Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), is a structured, therapeutic program that assists in transitioning patients from an acute psychiatric setting to a more independent life in the community. The program is designed to increase and maintain the therapeutic gains individuals have made as patients in the hospital. It may also help prevent the need for future hospitalizations. PHP is tailored to meet each individual’s needs and provides direction and tools that each participant can use in their daily lives.

A psychiatrist will meet with each participant at least once a week, or more often if necessary, to provide medication management, assess health issues, and review progress of the treatment plan. Masters' level therapists and an RN/LVN will lead six groups each day. The curriculum rotates to ensure all participants benefit from a broad range of therapeutic topics.

Program Goals:

• Advance understanding of Trauma/Stress disorders and how it is affecting their life
• Decrease emotional numbing and avoidance, increase helpful coping, reduce feelings of edginess
• Decrease depression, guilt, shame, and anger, improve day-to-day living

We specialize in the treatment of:

• Trauma (Military, Sexual Trauma, Childhood Trauma, Domestic Violence)
• Acute Stress Disorder
• Co-occurring (Trauma/Substance Abuse) Disorders
• Combat and Operational Stress
• Substance Abuse Disorders
• Suicidal and Homicidal Ideation
• Mood Disorders
• Personality Disorders
• Marital and Family Reintegration

Program Highlights:

• Daily Group Therapy including Process, CPT, CBT, and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
• Seeking Safety
• Disease Concept
• Step Study
• Spirituality
• Yoga
• Nutrition Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Individual Therapy weekly

We accept most commercial insurances: Tricare, Commercial Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid.

The Peer Coaching and Support program’s primary purpose is to help combat veterans find healing and achieve positive reintegration with their families and society.

We also have Family Coordinators who sit down with the family members to help them process the secondary PTSD symptoms that they begin to exhibit as a result of the trauma we bring into the home.

Additionally, we offer a six-to-nine-month program at Camp Hope in Houston for veterans dealing with addiction problems, who are currently homeless, or find themselves caught up in the legal system. We assist in employment opportunities, benefit claims, educational benefits, housing, and in some instance's procurement of permanent transportation.

As advocates for recovery, we also host support programs and trauma intervention training at our SA facility throughout the year.

Training courses such as ASIST (suicide prevention program), Suicide PIP (Partners in Prevention), Mental Health First Aid, First Responders Chaplaincy Training, First Responder Peer Support Course, Strategic Response to Crisis, First Responder Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, and others are conducted regularly.

We network at the state and local levels to streamline veterans' accessibility to critical resources including housing, employment, medical, legal, and military benefits.

This is a joint Warrior/Family group.

Warrior Groups are fellowships for combat veterans and their families to share their experiences, testimonies of healing, compassion, and hope in overcoming the invisible wounds of war.

Warrior Family Support Groups exist to assist family members (spouse, parent, sibling, child, caretaker, etc.) of PTSD sufferers in understanding and healing from.

Food is provided. Group members are encouraged to arrive no later than 6:30 PM so they may enjoy dinner.

This meeting is also available via Zoom. Meeting ID: 381-938-0960. Password: 5KDzVR. Call 210.248.9784 or 830.708.7385 if you need assistance accessing via Zoom.

This is not a treatment program, but rather a peer coaching and support program whose primary purpose is helping combat veterans find healing, balance, and positive re-integration with their families and in society.

Participants are required to be military combat veterans or family members of those who have served in combat and be willing to face the challenges of managing post-traumatic stress and related conditions.

Our Treatment Philosophy: Working to end the cycle of generational trauma through trauma informed care and innovative services.

Individual Counseling: a personal opportunity to receive support and experience growth during challenging times. All therapy is offered by a licensed clinician with options such as traditional talk therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. Sessions can be in office or through telehealth services.

Parent Groups:

Parenting Inside Out: a cognitive behavioral parent management skills training program. It covers communication, problem-solving, monitoring, positive reinforcement and discipline techniques. Download PDF Here.

Share the Love Co-Parenting: assists in developing co-parenting skills for couples/families who are divorced/separated while maintaining a healthy environment and relationship for children. Download PDF Here.

Depression in Mothers, More Than the Blues: offers background information about depression and offers ideas that providers can use daily when helping mothers and their families. The toolkit also includes useful resources and handouts for mothers with depression. Download the PDF Here.

Seeking Safety: a curriculum designed for people with a history of trauma and/or addiction. It focuses on coping skills to help you become safer in your relationships, thinking and actions. Download the PDF Here.

To learn more please call (210) 696-2410 or email us [email protected].