The Alaska Veterans Telehealth and Biofeedback Services

Now open to All Alaska Veterans Urban and Rural & their families

• You don’t have to suffer through insomnia, chronic pain, nightmares, traumatic brain injury, anxiety, or depression.
  
• You can now get confidential, on-line counseling to help you deal with past traumas and learn new coping strategies with all costs covered by the Rural Veterans Health Access Program.
  
• You do not need to be registered with the VA to access this service.
  
• Sign up for a 6-8 week session to learn how to use biofeedback to reduce stress and anxiety, and keep the free biofeedback unit for on-going use.
  
• Or talk to a caring, confidential counselor and learn skills to make daily life easier to manage.
  
• It’s different, it works, and you can recover.
  

Learn more or sign up for free Tele-health counseling services by calling 1-888-889-6472.

For more information connect with Sitka Counseling's Rural Veterans Health Access Program.

Overview

• The former Alaska Rural Veterans Health Access Program (RVHAP) completed as a pilot project on July 31, 2018. Funding was provided by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Grant # H3GRH26369-02-00. 
  
• Sitka Counseling is continuing to deliver the same confidential telehealth services: short-term biofeedback stress reduction training and ongoing counseling - now available for all Veterans whether enrolled or unenrolled in the VA health system and their families.
• Download the Alaska Veteran's Telehealth Program Brochure
  

About the Program

• These services are delivered by trauma-informed licensed clinicians who are trained and certified in biofeedback stress reduction and resilience techniques 
  
• Free biofeedback devices are available for the first 100 Veterans who call 
  
• Services are reimbursable by Medicaid, Medicare, private 3rd party insurance, VA referral and the VA CHOICE program or sliding-scale fees 
  
• Call Sitka Counseling from anywhere in the state at 1-888-889-6472 to schedule an appointment or get more information or check Sitka Counseling’s website​ 
  

Traumatic Brain Injury Webinar Playlist: 

To access playlist click on arrow at upper left on screen below.

Archived Traumatic Brain Injury Webinars

Past presentations can be accessed below. The topics are listed in chronological order from the first presentation to the most recent.

• Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Injury with a focus on Mild TBI
  August 2015 [ Download the Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment presentation ]
• Medical Management of Behavioral Health Issues related to all levels of TBI
  May 2016 [ Download the Medical Management of Behavioral Health Issues presentation ]
• Closing gaps in integrated care: Brain injury in the complex addictions and mental health client
  August 2016 [ Download the Closing the gaps in Intergrated Care presentation ]
  
• Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide: Assessment and Planning with an Emphasis on Veterans
  August 2016 [ Download the TBI and Suicide presentation ]
  
• Sleep, Fatigue and Cognition Related TBI - Treatment and Recommendations
  October 2016 [ Download the Sleep, Fatigue and Cognition presentation ]
• Health, Disability and Education Benefits for Alaska's Veterans
  June 2017 [Download the Health, Disability and Education Benefits for Alaska's Veterans presentation ]
  
• Strategies to Identify Risk of Self harm and Reduce the Incidence of Self harm and Suicide
  June 2017 [Download the Strategies to Identify Risk of Self harm and Reduce the Incidence of Self harm and Suicide presentation
• Women Veterans: Understanding Reactions to Trauma and Developing Stress Resiliency​
  July 2018 [ Download the Trauma and Developing Stress Resiliency presentation