Veterans Crisis Line
988, then press 1. Call, text, or chat. You do not need VA enrollment. This is the first tile on the map for a reason.
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Real organizations veterans apply to. Listing is orientation, not endorsement.
Call these first if you are in danger tonight.
988, then press 1. Call, text, or chat. You do not need VA enrollment. This is the first tile on the map for a reason.
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Suicide-prevention nonprofit. Roger is their telehealth counseling door for veterans and service members focused on crisis intervention and staying alive long enough to use the rest of this list.
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Veteran-staffed helpline for benefits, housing, health-care navigation, and crisis. Not 988 and not a clinic. Useful when the problem is “I don’t know which door.”
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Wounded Warrior Project connection line for mental-health navigation, not a replacement for 988.
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Every VA medical center has an MST coordinator. Care for military sexual trauma is available regardless of discharge characterization or VA disability rating.
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Named protocols, VA and nonprofit clinics, intensives, devices.
Do not wait on a national intensive if you need a local clinician this month. VA facility locator, PTSD program directory, and Vet Centers (no health-enrollment required). Ask about Community Care when the wait is long.
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Licensed Mississippi residential track for female veterans with co-occurring addiction and PTSD. Female-only trauma groups (~19 hrs/week), skills, meds, sleep, equine. Not a free retreat — a treatment center. Confirm insurance and current cohort.
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Special Operations Association of America program for SOF veterans: Phoenix health-optimization (behavioral health, exercise, functional medicine, labs) plus Command Stewardship into entrepreneurship, SkillBridge, or technical careers. SOF / special operations community — not a general-veteran walk-in.
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Physician-led, no-cost care for Special Operations veterans: labs, hormone and vitamin protocols, monitoring for Operator Syndrome. Not VA and not a psychedelic grant. SOF / multi-deployment operators — apply on their site.
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Post-9/11 visible and invisible wounds. Surgical care plus intensive PTSD program (historically ~3 weeks on site with caregiver, then telehealth). Integrative menu includes art, equine, qigong, acupressure. Part of Wounded Warrior Project’s Warrior Care Network with Emory, Mass General Home Base, and Rush Road Home.
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WWP-funded academic centers: Operation Mend (UCLA), Home Base (MGH/Red Sox Foundation), Emory Veterans Program, Road Home (Rush). Intensive outpatient / multi-week PTSD and TBI tracks. Apply through Wounded Warrior Project or the center. MST-related PTSD is treated in these intensives. Same WWP application path.
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Comprehensive rehab for post-9/11 service members, veterans, and first responders with mild-to-moderate TBI plus psychological health issues. Typically no cost to the veteran; privately funded slots.
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University of Colorado Anschutz. Three-week intensive outpatient for veterans, first responders, and others with mTBI plus PTS/depression/anxiety. Accepts veterans regardless of discharge characterization.
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National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter Reed plus Intrepid Spirit Centers on major bases (including Fort Bliss and Fort Cavazos, TX). Interdisciplinary TBI/PTS care for service members; veterans may access through referral paths. Built by Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, run by DoD.
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Five-day Accelerated Wellness week: daily Accelerated Resolution Therapy plus iRest, yoga, equine. Combat veterans and partners. Lodging and food covered; some flight help via a partner. ART is not PE/EMDR and is not CPG first-line. Confirm current cohorts.
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University of Central Florida trauma clinic. Two-week intensive outpatient Trauma Management Therapy with VR-enhanced exposure for veterans, active duty, and first responders. They publish completion and diagnostic-remission rates from their own program. Not a VA hospital.
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Durham / Raleigh–Chapel Hill 501(c)(3) (Elijah Sacra). Free 6-week to 6-month coaching for wounded, ill, and injured service members, veterans, families, and caregivers: functional-medicine health coaching, rehab/adaptive exercise, iRest / mindfulness, nutrition, PTG coaching. Roots at Camp Lejeune Wounded Warrior Battalion East; Newman’s Own Award 2020. Site impact figures are dated through 2018 — ask for current wait list and enrollment. Not the same as other “Warrior Wellness” clinics that use ART.
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Every VA medical center has mental health. Specialized PTSD outpatient and residential programs exist regionally. Whole Health offers acupuncture, yoga, meditation, Tai Chi, massage, biofeedback. First-line therapies remain CPT, PE, and EMDR.
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Veteran-founded confidential trauma therapy. Commonly starts with a block of free sessions (often ~30), then a copay if you continue. In-person or telehealth depending on state. Built for people who will not walk into VA.
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National network of mental-health clinics for post-9/11 veterans, service members, and families. PTSD, depression, anxiety, couples. Sliding / covered model; not the same as VA.
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Network of volunteer mental-health professionals donating care to military, veterans, and families. Availability is local and uneven — still a real door.
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Every VAMC has mental health. If wait times or specialty gaps exist, Community Care can send you to a civilian clinician. Ask your PCM or MH team; do not assume “VA said no” is the last word.
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300+ community counseling centers. Combat-era, MST, drone operators, mortuary affairs, and families. No VA health enrollment required. Confidential readjustment counseling, not a medical clinic. Call 877-WAR-VETS (927-8387).
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Every VAMC has a PTSD Clinical Team or specialist. Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs (RRTP) exist for PTSD, SUD, and co-occurring care when outpatient is not enough. Use the VA PTSD program locator.
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Nonprofit health system with military-culture outpatient, telehealth, and some residential SUD/MH care for veterans, service members, and families. Bush Institute Veteran Wellness Alliance clinical partner.
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Coalition that routes veterans and families to Headstrong, Cohen, Centerstone, SHARE, Marcus Institute, Warrior Care Network, Avalon, and VA. Use when you do not know which door fits.
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VA National Center for PTSD tools for CBT-I. Insomnia Coach is a 5-week self-guided app. CBT-i Coach is the companion when you have a live clinician. Path to Better Sleep is the web course. Ask VA MH for a CBT-I consult — the app is not the whole protocol.
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Two-week intensive for post-9/11 veterans. Evidence-based PTSD/TBI track. Part of WWP Warrior Care Network. Travel support typical for accepted patients.
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Intensive and outpatient care for veterans, service members, and families. PTSD, TBI, family programs. Warrior Care Network partner.
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Intensive outpatient PTSD/TBI and related care at Rush University Medical Center. Warrior Care Network partner.
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Single intake for PTS, TBI, and substance issues; routes veterans and families to clinical or non-clinical partners and can arrange travel. Useful when you do not know which intensive to pick.
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Dozens of VAMCs run rTMS for treatment-resistant depression. In the large VA cohort (~770 veterans), most also had PTSD and many dropped below PTSD threshold after a standard left-DLPFC course. Newer VA sites run 5-day accelerated iTBS. Ask your MH provider for a TMS consult; Community Care if your VAMC has no coil.
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Florida statute-backed pilot (s. 284.51) making EEG-tuned TMS free for veterans, first responders, and in some cases immediate family. qEEG plus EKG, then ~20 weekday sessions. Sites include Tampa (two), Miami, Jacksonville, Orange Park, Melbourne, Maitland/Orlando, Palm Harbor, The Villages. Proof of service required. Outcomes are program-reported; MeRT/eTMS is the Wave Neuroscience family of protocols. Apply at etmsflorida.com. Not a substitute for a VA TMS consult if you also have treatment-resistant depression.
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Oldest state contract (ORC 5902.09 / HB 110, then budgeted through OHMHAS). Free for veterans, first responders, and law enforcement. Sites have included Broadview Heights, Centerville, Cincinnati, New Lexington, Pickerington, Worthington, Barnesville, Youngstown, Dayton area. Typical course: ~20 short weekday sessions. State requires outcomes reporting.
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State / DMH-supported free eTMS for veterans, first responders, and law enforcement. Clinics and mobile units in the Kansas City metro (Gladstone, Lee’s Summit, St. Joseph) and St. Louis / O’Fallon. Same JLC + Wave protocol family as Florida and Ohio.
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JLC opened a Somerville-area clinic in 2026 as a pilot while the legislature weighs a fuller program. Confirm current funding and whether your slot is grant-paid before you travel. Not yet a mature statute like Florida or Ohio.
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Same operator family, usually insurance or cash: Brain Treatment Center Fayetteville (NC), Roanoke/NoVA-area clinics (VA), and D2 / Georgia sites. Do not assume “free like Florida.” Ask who pays before the first EEG.
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Magnetic EEG-guided Resonance Therapy sets pulse frequency to the person’s EEG (often individual alpha). Wave reported FDA clearance of its MeRT system for PTSD in 2026 after a multisite RCT — confirm current label and clinic list on the company site. Civilian clinics; some SOF-oriented programs have used α-rTMS / MeRT with foundation funding.
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PeakLogic-style protocols use serial EEG to pick frequency and sites. An open-label combat-veteran series reported large PCL drops; a blinded PrTMS trial in service members/veterans has been registered. Not VA-standard. Cash-pay clinics.
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2026 JAMA Network Open trial: robotic, MRI- and connectome-navigated TMS added to a 30-day residential PE program for combat PTSD. Active TMS beat sham on PCL-5 and CAPS-5. This is a research-grade protocol, not a walk-in clinic. Ask UT Health or Laurel Ridge whether a clinical path exists after the trial.
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Five-day, high-dose iTBS aimed with resting-state fMRI at the DLPFC–sgACC target. FDA-cleared for depression, not PTSD. Fast for treatment-resistant depression; PTSD data is early. Some VA/academic sites (Palo Alto Precision Neuromodulation) sit next to this science.
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National clinician directory: EEG biofeedback / neurofeedback at no cost for veterans (often 20 sessions). Not TMS. Evidence is smaller than PE/CPT/EMDR. Useful as an adjunct when someone will not or cannot sit a coil protocol.
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Veteran-run nonprofit using Neurogen-style EEG plus low-intensity pulsed electrical stimulation at no cost to the veteran. Different physics from TMS. Treat as emerging adjunct; verify current sites before travel.
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Quantitative EEG is a map, not a treatment. Cranial electrical stimulation and tDCS show up in some veteran clinics and research. Do not confuse a brain-map sales visit with a VA TMS course or an FDA-cleared MeRT protocol.
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Funds dual stellate ganglion block plus travel for current/former SOF and intelligence community members and spouses. Partner clinics in Cleveland, Provo, San Diego, Tampa. Not first-line PTSD therapy; a hyperarousal reset some operators use to make other care possible.
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Civilian SGB networks. Stella offers Dual Sympathetic Reset plus optional ketamine; some NPO partners subsidize veterans. Dr. Sean Mulvaney (Annapolis) is a high-volume military SGB researcher. AVA Heal (Louisiana) and WellStone (Alabama) have run free or grant-backed veteran SGB. Evidence is mixed-to-promising, off-label for PTSD.
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USC ICT virtual-reality Prolonged Exposure. SoldierStrong has placed systems in VA facilities (dozens of sites; Illinois added 2026). You do not apply to SoldierStrong for therapy — ask your VA PTSD clinic if they run BraveMind with a PE-trained clinician.
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Animals, water, breath, yoga, adaptive sport, arts.
National names on this map are not your only local door. Start with Eagala (equine), PATH Intl., Healing Waters and Heroes on the Water chapter maps, then confirm the barn or river actually serves veterans.
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National adaptive-sports network (formerly Disabled Sports USA). Warfighter Sports serves veterans with physical disabilities through 200+ member clubs (ski, cycle, swim, and more). Free to qualifying veterans. Use their location finder — not a PTSD talk clinic.
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Trains teachers in trauma-informed, adaptive yoga and mindfulness for the military community. Teacher directory plus a short-class video library (including iRest). Find a WAE-trained class rather than a random studio. Adjunct, not PE/CPT/EMDR.
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501(c)(3). Does not administer psychedelics. AMP dojo is a 10-week veteran-to-veteran meditation curriculum (body → mind → heart belts) for people who have already done PAT. Group sits, retreats, instructor pipeline / veteran employment. Hemera-backed; they report ~479 veterans and a Navy SEAL Foundation partnership. They point medicine-seekers to VETS, Heroic Hearts, and The Mission Within. Deposit to start; framed as pay-it-forward, not a clinic fee.
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Not one barn — a designation. Eagala Model teams (licensed mental-health professional + equine specialist, ground work, no riding required) can earn a Military Services designation for culture-competent work with veterans and families. Use their locator rather than Googling “horse therapy near me.”
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Santa Fe nonprofit. Free pre/post-deployment resilience and skill-set restructuring for post-9/11 veterans and active military. Natural horsemanship, mostly unmounted. Not a dude ranch; they screen for honorably discharged post-9/11 (Wisdom Way track for some earlier-era vets).
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Colorado Springs / Air Force Academy Equestrian Center. Free weekly peer groups and horse work for veterans, active duty, and military families. Founded 2009. High volume, volunteer-run. Not a locked residential protocol — show-up peer equine.
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No-cost equine-assisted learning, therapeutic riding with PATH-certified instructors and a therapist present, and advanced lessons after a 6–12 week series. Groundwork through saddle work.
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Examples (confirm current designation): Hearts Landing Ranch (Northern California, Eagala Military), EquiTeam, Gallop To Growth (Utah), NCEFT (Woodside, CA), StableStrides (Colorado Springs), Heartbeat Serving Wounded Warriors / Back in the Saddle (Washington). Quality is local. Ask about the license on the mental-health side.
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Week-long liveaboard in the Bahamas: licensed trauma counseling, scuba as regulation and trust work, chaplain-led moral-injury practice. Combat or humanitarian deployment required for veterans; first responders eligible. Seasonal. Volunteer-heavy nonprofit.
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Outdoor retreats, fishing, hiking, park trips, family vacation sponsorships, rehab and coaching for special operations veterans and families. Veteran-run ranch. Confirm current application path — site is thin on dates.
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New York 501(c)(3). Private in-house retreats for U.S. male combat and service veterans (minimum two years of service). Curriculum is practical neuroscience and meditation in the Dr. Joe Dispenza / NeuroChangeSolutions lane — breath, meditation, peer cohort — not PE/CPT/EMDR and not a licensed psych hospital. Past weeks have included Idaho wilderness and Austin-area gatherings; some cycles cover travel. 2026 award window closed 23 Feb 2026; watch their awards page for the next cycle. Self-reported outcomes. Apply only on their site.
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Same foundation. Freya is the sister track for female veterans and veteran spouses (U.S. veteran or spouse of a veteran with at least two years of service). Same meditation/neuroscience framing. Not a clinical PTSD program. A separate need-based award exists for Dr. Joe Dispenza live weeklongs — different application.
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Nonprofit that has sent veterans to Dr. Joe Dispenza Advanced Week Long retreats and says it teams with Give to Give. Scholarships typically cover registration and hotel, not airfare. Same lane: meditation/neuroscience retreats, not guideline PTSD therapy. Confirm the current award cycle.
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Patriot Resilient Leader Institute (2014). 3–4 day Lakes Region retreats for service members, veterans, first responders, and families. Peer counseling, life-skills, outdoor days; some weeks focused on MST, moral injury, couples, or equine. Not a hospital intensive.
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Tuition-free wilderness courses for veterans and active duty (service verification). Many schools also cover travel after a small commitment fee. Challenge and crew, not psychotherapy. Apply at outwardbound.org.
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Veteran-led Illinois nonprofit. Free nature-based retreats and peer circles with a stated focus on disabled and Black veterans. Building toward a larger rural campus. Confirm dates — still a young program.
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Sun Valley. Adaptive recreation plus dedicated veteran and first-responder weeks. Therapeutic recreation model. Apply for veteran programs on their site.
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Largest adaptive paddling program for veterans and families: kayak, raft, SUP. 50+ chapters, free. Founded around Walter Reed. Adventure and adaptive sport — not a trauma-processing clinic.
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Adaptive scuba training for paralyzed and disabled veterans, first responders, and civilians. Community partner with VA and Paralyzed Veterans of America. Volunteer-run; confirm current training sites.
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Scuba and aquatic activities for veterans, first responders, and families. Weekly dives and workshops framed as stress management. They state they are not therapists. Confirm membership and schedule.
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Pays for recreational or adaptive scuba lessons at local shops and conservation dives for service members, veterans, and first responders with PTSD, anxiety, or depression. Smaller throughput than the national adaptive orgs — ask current enrollment.
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Adaptive scuba for people with disabilities, including veterans with amputation, paralysis, or PTSD. Training and open-water opportunities. Confirm current veteran pathways on their site.
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Sponsors injured military, veterans, and first responders for adaptive open-water training, often including travel and gear. Honor, support, inspire — not a weekly local chapter model. Apply / inquire on their site.
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Pairs former special operations veterans with marine scientists for coral and ocean conservation missions. Purpose and team after service — scuba skill plus mission, not a PTSD protocol.
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Scuba trips for veterans with service-connected injuries (amputation, SCI, neuro, PTSD) and families. Popular annual Roatan trip. Adventure rebuild — confirm dates and eligibility by email.
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Veteran-led sailing, mindfulness on the water, and wooden-boat restoration. Bay Area roots with partner fleets (SD, Galveston, Annapolis, and others). VA recreation-therapy partnerships in some ports.
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Folly Beach. Free 12-week surf therapy plus yoga and wellness for veterans, active duty, and families. Veteran-founded. Ocean and peer group — not PE/CPT/EMDR. Apply on their site.
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San Luis Obispo / Avila Beach. Curriculum-based week-long and local three-month surf programs for veterans, active duty, SOF, and spouses. Yoga, peer support, paddle-out. Donor-funded for accepted participants — confirm travel and dates.
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Marine-founded adaptive surf therapy (Pismo Beach plus New England, New York, Pacific Northwest chapters). Disabled veterans, first responders, and others with physical or mental disabilities. Clinics and VetSurf Saturdays — confirm chapter dates.
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Custom adaptive surfboards and chapter sessions for wounded and disabled veterans (CA, FL, HI, NC, VA, NY/NJ listed). Equipment and community more than a 12-week clinic. Ask a chapter how to get in the water.
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Ocean/surf therapy sessions with Wounded Warrior Battalion-West at Camp Pendleton and veteran groups in San Diego County, including some women-only sessions. One of the older military ocean-therapy programs. Schedule is session-based, not a national application portal.
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Northwest Florida five-week local programs and occasional travel weeks. Gear provided, no cost, full-commitment ask. Purpose, narrative, community — not a VA clinic. Watch their calendar for open applications.
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Founded 2005 at Walter Reed. 180+ local programs. Fly tying, casting, rod building, and outings at no cost for wounded/ill/injured service members and disabled veterans. Thousands served annually. Camaraderie and attention as much as fish.
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Free chapter-based kayak fishing for veterans, first responders, and families. Founded 2007. Organization reports tens of thousands of participants over the life of the program.
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DFW-rooted nonprofit (grew from a Healing Waters chapter) running group and one-on-one guided fly-fishing trips for veterans with PTSD. Local option if you are in North Texas.
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Colorado (Fort Collins + Colorado Springs satellite). Free acupuncture, craniosacral, and Healing Touch for veterans, service members, and families. Pain is the common door; many also report PTSD symptom ease. Complementary, not trauma-focused psychotherapy.
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SKY Resilience Workshop: five consecutive days of breath-based mind-body training (Sudarshan Kriya) for veterans, active military, families, and first responders. Take-home practice about 25 minutes a day. Regulation and sleep — not a trauma-processing protocol. Confirm dates and cost on their site.
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Navy SEAL–founded practice: breath, meditation, mantra, and martial discipline for veterans and first responders. Regulation and purpose — not PE/CPT/EMDR and not a VETS medicine grant. Confirm current classes and cost on their site.
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Mindful Resilience classes and teacher training built for trauma. iRest (yoga nidra) is used across DoD/VA settings. Classes are adjuncts, not a replacement for PE/CPT/EMDR when PTSD is primary.
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Marine-founded 501(c)(3). Free monthly yoga and meditation for military, veterans, and families, plus veteran-specific 200-hour teacher trainings. Classes and trainings are fundraising-backed for veterans — confirm the current calendar.
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Formerly Mindful Warrior Project. Secular 10-session mindfulness course for veterans plus drop-in events. Southern California roots (Vet Centers, Legion posts); also online. Not a yoga studio and not clinical PTSD therapy.
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Free and low-cost trauma-informed yoga and meditation resources aimed at veterans and service members, plus teacher support. A library and training door, not a multi-week residential program.
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Donor-funded co-ed writing, yoga, and meditation retreats for veterans and active duty. No combat or diagnosis requirement. You cover travel; they cover the week.
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Free week-long veteran and first-responder retreats: yoga, breath, horse-inspired work, art, nutrition, fishing. Separate couples weeks. Confirm current site and wait list.
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41-day backcountry rite of passage out of Virginia City / Double H Ranch: horsemanship, mule strings, ranch work, digital detox, mountains, philosophy. Free to attend including airfare to Montana. Currently male veterans only (combat preferred; other U.S. veterans considered). 260 lb safety cap. Not PE/CPT/EMDR and not a medical program — they say that out loud. 2026 classes filled; apply window for 2027 typically opens January 1.
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Empowers wounded veterans through songwriting sessions with Nashville writers and visual-arts workshops. National reach. Expression and community — not PE/CPT/EMDR. Apply on creativets.org.
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Free guitar and lessons as regulation and meaning. Chapters nationwide. Adjunct, not trauma therapy.
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National chapters plus an app. Physical activity and civilian-veteran community. 2025 biomarker study reported improved Enriched Life Scale scores and some metabolic markers after six months of participation. Not psychotherapy. Isolation is a suicide risk factor; this is an upstream door.
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Free online HeartMath Education and Resilience Training for veterans, service members, and spouses. Military Service Appreciation Initiative scholarships for sensors/training exist but are donor-limited — apply, don’t assume. Skill-building, not a PTSD protocol.
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Large U.S. program pairing veterans with PTSD, TBI, or MST-related needs with trained service dogs. Residential training. Long wait list. Confirm current eligibility on their site.
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ADI-accredited. Guide, hearing, and PTSD service dogs for veterans and first responders at no cost to the handler. Long-running program (Guide Dog Foundation family). Wait lists are real. Confirm current application on their site.
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One of the oldest ADI-accredited assistance-dog schools. Veteran-specific PTSD track since 2018; dog, training, and follow-up at no cost. Also places dogs for physical disabilities. Apply at canine.org. Still check ADI vs social-media “PTSD puppy” sellers.
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July 2025 alliance: Tampa nonprofit Koterra sponsors a small number of veterans into the Aviv Medical Program at The Villages (UHMS-accredited multiplace HBOT plus cognitive, physical, and nutrition work; typically ~12 weeks, 2 hours in chamber on treatment days). Aviv’s protocol comes from the Sagol / Efrati Israeli veteran PTSD trials. HBOT for PTSD/TBI is still off-label in U.S. practice and not a VA first-line treatment. At announcement Koterra had funded about 10 veterans with more on a wait list — this is not a statewide free clinic. Cash price without a sponsor is high. The Yahoo item is a paid GlobeNewswire release.
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Nonprofit that funds a 40-session HBOT course for qualifying veterans with TBI/PTSD at Extivita-RTP in Durham. Travel/hotel help may be available for in-state vets. HBOT for PTSD/TBI remains off-label in U.S. practice and is not VA first-line care. Apply on their site; clinic location is currently Durham only.
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Coalition pushing HBOT access for TBI/PTSD and tracking clinics and state bills (including Kentucky coverage through 2028). Not a treatment center. Use it to find funded or cash clinics; still ask about device type, ATA, and session count. VA has not adopted HBOT as standard PTSD care.
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Nonprofit PPG school in Glasgow, KY. Scholarships for disabled veterans covering a multi-day course, gear, and lodging; civilians pay tuition that funds the vet seats. Healing-framed adventure flying — not an airplane PPL factory.
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PATHH, faith, family, purpose.
Not therapy: 5–7 day initiation plus ~90 days of peer-delivered Posttraumatic Growth training. Combat veterans and first responders. Sites in VA, AZ, TX and partners (GratitudeAmerica, Camp Southern Ground, Big Red Barn Retreat, Travis Mills Foundation, others). Published PTG and symptom-change numbers; dropout reported very low.
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Donor-funded 6-month PTSD recovery built on exercise, nutrition, and mentorship. Independent College of Charleston evaluation cited ~14-point average PCL-5 drop and high improvement rates. Application-based; veterans pay nothing if accepted.
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6–9 month no-cost interim housing and whole-person recovery in Houston: peer mentors, licensed counseling, SUD support, pastoral care, workforce prep. Outreach Warrior Groups in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Atlanta, Tampa. Combat-trauma helpline 877-717-PTSD.
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Blythewood, SC. Warrior PATHH (Boulder Crest model: 5-day initiation + ~85 days virtual) plus Struggle Well unit training, equine, yoga, art. Serves veterans, Guard/Reserve, first responders, families. PATHH is already listed under Boulder Crest — this is the Carolina site.
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National 501(c)(3) based in Dallas. Health & Wellness is individualized, no-cost care for veterans and families around PTSD, TBI, insomnia, chronic pain, and self-medication — therapy, resilience coaching, mindfulness, nutrition, and strength work, often many hours over months. They have used HeartMath-style HRV training among partner tools. Seasons of Service is hardship support, not clinical care. Self-reported completion outcomes are strong; treat those as program data, not a guideline trial. Apply via bootcampaign.org.
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Peer-led, faith-rooted intensive weeks for veterans and first responders. Distinct from clinical PTSD therapy. Ask what they teach and whether it fits your beliefs before you go.
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Short residential peer program for veterans and first responders at risk. High-intensity cohort model. Verify current sites and screening.
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Every VA has chaplains. Adaptive Disclosure is a research-backed way to work killing, betrayal, and moral pain that CPT does not always reach. Ask mental health or the chaplain service.
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Holistic family retreats for military and veteran households. Healing the system around the veteran, not only the veteran.
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Hidden Heroes network for military and veteran caregivers: connection, respite navigation, policy, and local chapters. Not a clinic. Belongs on a healing map because the caregiver is often the untreated patient.
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Formerly Hearts of Valor. Peer network, local groups, and caregiver retreats for people caring for wounded, ill, or injured post-9/11 service members and veterans. Not clinical treatment for the veteran — support for the person holding the household together.
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Support line, education, and — for eligible serious injury — the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers.
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Lawful psychedelic paths, trials, overseas programs. Extra screening.
Directory of legal psychedelic-assisted care and integration practitioners. Not a grant and not a retreat company. Use it to find a licensed or legally operating provider after you know the law in that place.
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Veteran-founded (Jesse Gould, 75th Ranger Regiment). Structured preparation → legal retreat (Oregon psilocybin; international ayahuasca/psilocybin in Peru, Mexico, Jamaica) → integration and alumni support. Reports 1,000–1,500+ veterans and spouses served. Quarterly open enrollment. Focus on service-connected trauma and MST.
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Helps veterans, first responders, and law enforcement reach alternative treatments for PTSD, TBI, depression, and addiction. Partner of VETS and Heroic Hearts — a funding/advocacy door, not a clinic. Ask them how to apply; do not assume a grant is automatic.
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Tarapoto, Peru. Twice-yearly ~10-day cohort (~15 people): plant purge, two ayahuasca ceremonies with traditional healers, and an 8-day jungle dieta of master plants. Men and women. Medical/psych screening required. This is a paid international retreat (proceeds help fund Takiwasi’s addiction work), not a U.S. grant. Post-dieta restrictions apply for a month. Email healingheroes@takiwasi.com. Check current dates — listed 2026 cohorts showed closed.
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Nonprofit founded with Navy SEAL Marcus Capone. Foundational Healing Grants fund ketamine, ibogaine, psilocybin and related care at vetted third-party clinics, often outside the U.S. Advocacy arm helped Texas psychedelic research bills and the VALOR coalition with Wounded Warrior Project, Navy SEAL Foundation, Green Beret Foundation.
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Now connected with Heroic Hearts. Funds MDMA-assisted therapy research and VA-facing advocacy. Sponsor of veteran-focused MDMA trials including massed Prolonged Exposure combinations. Not a walk-in clinic.
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Founded by Grant Miller, Canadian Forces veteran. Integrates psychedelic-assisted therapy with fitness and wellness planning for PTSD. Open to veterans and active-duty, first responders, and other trauma survivors who have not been helped by conventional care — veteran-founded, not veteran-only.
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Independent rally point that lists lawful, veteran-eligible clinical trials and programs, updated from ClinicalTrials.gov. Use it to find recruiting MDMA, psilocybin, ketamine, and LSD studies rather than hunting trial by trial.
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Veteran-founded (2021) group providing access to psychedelic therapy, including ayahuasca retreat partnerships (e.g., with Birds Eye View / War Feather). Framed around the suicide crisis and limits of standard care.
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Texas nonprofit founded by former SEAL Ryan Parrott. War Feather is a multi-month reintegration arc (selection, therapy, biomarkers, gut, performance, gathering). Has funded partner psychedelic retreats. Experiential fundraising model.
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Treadmill + dual-task exposure, developed for military PTSD. Strongest current civilian access is Canadian research and Operational Stress Injury clinics in Alberta (Edmonton/Calgary). U.S. availability is mostly trials. Not a walk-in U.S. clinic. Veterans Affairs Canada has called it promising.
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