MILITARY & FAMILY LIFE COUNSELORS
The Military and Family Life Counseling Program helps military families overcome challenges with free face-to-face support.
Military Family Life Counselors (MFLCs) are available to listen now more than ever. MFLCs provide services to help active-duty Service members and their Families address:
- Deployment and reintegration issues
- Marriage and relationship issues
- Parenting and family issues
- Communication challenges
- Stress and anxiety
- Sadness, grief and loss
- Daily life issues
Whether you want to strengthen a relationship or talk through a difficult situation, non-medical counseling can help you thrive in your military life.
MILITARY AND FAMILY LIFE COUNSELING PROGAM
Military families face unique challenges. They may struggle with issues such as deployment-related stress, reintegration and pressures of managing parenting and finances while a loved one is deployed.
To support military families facing these or additional challenges, the Military and Family life Counseling Program:
- Provides short-term, non-medical counseling services to service members and their families at no cost.
- Provides psychoeducation to help military service members and their families understand the impact of deployments, family reunions following deployments and other stresses related to the military life.
- Augments existing military support services.
- Offers flexible service delivery.
- Can provide services to individuals, couples, families and groups.
- With the exception of child abuse, domestic abuse and duty to warn situations services are private and confidential.
ABOUT MILITARY AND FAMILY LIFE COUNSELORS
Military and Family Life Counselors (MFLCs) are master’s or doctorate-level licensed counselors who offer service members, their spouses, and immediate family members short-term, non-medical counseling. MFLCs provide support to individuals, couples, families and groups for a range of issues including, but not limited to our non-medical counseling services.
Counseling services are provided through one-on-one, couples, child and youth, family, group, and briefings.
NON-MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICES
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Consultations and trainings are free, private, confidential and anonymous except in situations that involve domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault or that necessitate a duty to warn. No records are kept.
Counselors can meet anywhere but in homes, barracks, and vehicles.
The MFLC Program is intended for all Services, to include active-duty, National Guard and Reserve components. After-hours and weekend appointments are available.
MLFC Support is available at several locations on the Installation to include Army Community Service, child and youth programs, schools, military units and in targeted “surge” locations and on-demand events.
Helping You Is a Priority. If you call and need an appointment, but the phone is not answered we may be with a client. Please leave a message and we will contact you back.
After Hours: Military Onesource at 1-800-342-9647 for nonemergent matters
After Hours: on call Chaplain at 785-239-4357 (HELP)
ASSIGNED TO | PHONE (CELL) |
CAB, Bldg 804, RM 123 | (785) 250-3300 |
1ABCT, Bldg 7232, RM 131 | (785) 213-1627 |
2ABCT, Bldg 7626, RM 101 | (615) 864-1872 |
1IDSUS, Bldg 7636, RM 208 | (443) 617-2901 |
DHHB/MP/DIVARTY, Bldg 8614, RM 156 | (785) 250-3504 |
Soldier Readiness Unit (SRU), Bldg 674, RM 121 | (785) 307-0691 |
MEDCOM/DENTAC/VETERINARY CTR, Bldg 650, RM 1G067 | (785) 844-3140 |
10th ASOS/Weather Squadron, Bldg 582 3rd Weather Squadron, Bldg 760 | (785) 285-0173 |
ASSIGNED TO | PHONE (CELL) |
Army Community Service, Bldg 7264 | (785) 239-1883 (main desk) (410) 916-6979 (571) 430-5308 (862) 753-0215 (571) 267-0486 |
ASSIGNED TO | PHONE (CELL) |
Victory Welcome Checks, Bldg 674 1st Replacement Welcome, Bldg 214 | (785) 600-0035 (785) 307-0691 (785) 285-2410 (785) 307-6394 (571) 778-7452 (907) 201-4061 (785) 471-1272 (443) 439-6114 (571) 598-9619 |
ASSIGNED TO | PHONE (CELL) |
Forsyth/1st Division CDC, Custer Hill SAC/Teen Center | (785) 342-2636 |
Warren & Whitside CDC | (443) 397-6903 |
Fort Riley Middle School | (410) 916-7596 |