Psychedelic-assisted therapies can lay the groundwork for sustained healing, but the absence of legal medical settings make them nearly impossible to access within the United States. VETS provides grants that enable veterans to access safe, clinically-guided treatments in countries where they’re legal or unregulated, and resources to help grantees navigate their healing.
Funding
Education
Wrap-Around Support
Community-Building
Spouse Support
Facilitating Access to Psychedelic Therapy
The heart of our mission is to expand access to psychedelic-assisted therapies. Given current restrictions on these treatments in the United States, we’ve established our Foundational Healing Grants program to cover treatment expenses and provide robust, wrap-around support to grantees. VETS is actively engaged in research and advocacy efforts to help expand access to psychedelic-assisted therapy to all veterans.
Disclaimer: VETS does not provide psychedelic-assisted therapies. All psychedelic-assisted therapy treatments for VETS grant recipients, with the exception of ketamine-assisted therapy, take place outside of the U.S., in countries where these substances are legal or unregulated, at vetted, third-party facilities, monitored by medical professionals.
Explore Our Healing Grants ›A Comprehensive, Customized Approach
Healing is a journey. We support veterans every step of the way.
Psychedelic therapy is not a one-size-fits-all solution. It’s a catalyst for foundational change that works best when participants are supported with compassion, encouragement, and quality programming.
Approaching treatment with the proper mindset and remaining intentional during the following weeks is paramount. VETS builds a support system tailored to the needs of each individual grant recipient, to guide them through their healing journey – before, during, and well after treatment.
Healing For The Spouse
Trauma sustained during military service can have detrimental effects on a veteran’s marriage and family. The pain, fear, and heartbreak often experienced by the spouse leads many to seek healing as well.
Therefore, VETS ensures that the spouse of each Foundational Healing Grant recipient is given the opportunity to experience psychedelic-assisted therapy as well. With the spouse’s participation, the healing journey may become a shared experience, helping repair and strengthen the marriage, and often, the family as a whole.
Wrap-Around Support
While many veterans share similar experiences, each of their stories are unique. Coaching veterans on their road to self-awareness and recovery–and building community along the way–is a fundamental aspect of the VETS mission.
We provide preparation and integration coaching in both individual and group settings so that veterans feel comfortable throughout the treatment process, as well as supported as they manage their experience afterwards. VETS also hosts an ongoing community support network where veterans and their spouses have access to mentorship, peer support, meditation classes, yoga workshops, and more.
Our Ambassador Program enables VETS grant recipients who have participated in their own healing, and are active in the VETS community, to stay involved by being of service to their peers, and representing the VETS mission.
Educating Veterans & the Public
Knowledge is Power – and We Are Spreading It.
How can psychedelic-assisted therapy impact veteran health? How does it work? What are the risks? How can veterans prepare for and make the most of psychedelic-assisted therapies?
To answer these questions, we’ve created a free online course designed for veterans and their families, but available to anyone who wants to learn. The e-course explains the science, history, and rationale behind psychedelic-assisted therapies.
Take the Free E-Course ›Additional Resources:
Are you looking for clinical trials?
Psychedelic.Support and Neuly track current psychedelic therapy clinical trials, and you can also search national listings at the NIH’s clinical trials database. Another pillar of our work here at VETS is Research, both supporting and highlighting the exciting developments in this emerging scientific field.
Visit Our Research ›Looking for a Psychedelic Therapy Mental Health Provider?
Explore the resources available from our friends at Psychedelic.Support.
Learn More ›Learn about Ibogaine
The overwhelming majority of Foundational Healing Grant recipients choose treatment involving ibogaine, the natural psychedelic compound derived from the root bark of the iboga plant.
Learn More ›Explore Our FAQS
For all other questions, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page, and explore our website for additional resources.
Learn More ›Meditation & Mindfulness
We have found that mindfulness and meditation practices are incredibly useful tools that keep veterans connected with their healing journey as they return to daily life. Discover the practices that VETS embraces and learn how to integrate them into your own life.
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