About VA Central California Health Care System – Tulare CBOC – Tulare
VA Central California Health Care System – Tulare CBOC provided mental health care and addiction recovery programs in Tulare, California. They were a part of the VA Central California Health Care System and are permanently closed. They treated active duty military personnel, qualifying veterans, and their family members.
They offered cognitive behavioral therapy and had a lot of experience seeing patients with PTSD from service in the armed forces or other traumas. An interesting thing about the VA mental health system is that they are often the first to adopt more experimental methodologies, like eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. This particular therapeutic process helps a person center their natural focus back on their body and its immediate sensations, rather than getting stuck worrying about the past or the future.
Facilities were accessible. Previous patients had mixed feelings about the facility, based on personal experiences. Some were very happy while others felt some important details got lost in the mix during care.