Amarillo VA Health Care System Clovis VA Clinic
921 East Llano Estacado Boulevard
Clovis, NM 88101
About Amarillo VA Health Care System Clovis VA Clinic
Clovis VA Clinic in arid New Mexico is a primary care center that also provides telehealth and smoking cessation services. Support is available to veterans and their families in and around Clovis. They'll also help out those with dual diagnosis or concurrent mental health issues. Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and other private insurance plans are accepted.
If you’re trying to quit smoking, you’re in the right place. The team at this center can support you with various programs and resources. Their goal is to provide treatment strategies alongside optional nicotine replacement therapy prescribed by your primary care doctor, for optimal results. One strategy is medication assisted therapy (MAT) using FDA-approved medicines that help clients manage their nicotine withdrawal and lessen any intense urges to smoke. MAT can also be used for any co-occurring substance use disorder.
Another treatment method is counseling, which can take place over the phone, over video, or in person. Counseling sessions may take place on an individual or group basis, and can be as brief as five minutes long, or more intensive, taking place for 10 minutes or more, sometimes over multiple sessions. Tobacco cessation counseling tends to involve discussions around tobacco use, and the role it plays in clients’ routines, as well as emotionally, so they can figure out how to quit.
The therapeutic method typically used here is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Counseling has been proven to help clients make long-term changes to their behavior, while medication helps with the physical cravings caused by nicotine addiction.
The center also provides a Tobacco Cessation Quitline for individual counseling and strategies, as well as a SmokefreeVET text message program for daily advice, motivation, and interactive support. Clients can also download a Stay Quit Coach mobile app to help them quit smoking and stay smoke-free.