Wendt Center for Loss
The Wendt Center for Loss and Healing is a premier resource for restoring hope and healthy functioning to adults, teens and children who are coping with grief, loss and trauma in the Greater Washington region. Through our office and community-based service sites across the area, and with a focus on the needs of the underserved, the Wendt Center is a unique and critical resource for thousands of children, adults and families each year. Services are provided on a sliding scale basis according to need, or free under grants for those who qualify. Many insurances accepted.
Training and Education
Wendt Center experts provide on-site training on numerous subjects relating to adult and child grief and trauma. From skill building techniques in play therapy to in-depth presentations on traumatic b...
- 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington DC 20008
- 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE Washington DC 20020
RECOVER
Our RECOVER Program at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner enables Wendt Center clinicians to provide crisis response, emotional support, education and referral services to adults who must identi...
- 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington DC 20008
- 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE Washington DC 20020
Resilient Scholars Project (RSP)
The RSP clinicians provide therapy and case management services to DC children/adolescents and their families affected by trauma and/or loss. RSP collaborates with youth, their families, and communit...
- 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington DC 20008
- 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE Washington DC 20020
Project Change
Project Change is an innovative new program launched this year as part of H.O.P.E.S., implemented in coordination with Metropolitan Police Department and Medstar Hospital. The Center dispatches highly...
- 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington DC 20008
- 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE Washington DC 20020
C.H.I.L.D. – Child Healing to Improve Learning and Development
Research reflects a strong link between exposure to trauma and depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder in children and youth. In the District, children and youth are exposed to multipl...
- 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington DC 20008
- 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE Washington DC 20020
Homicide Outreach Project Empowering Survivors (HOPES)
Through the Wendt Center’s Homicide Outreach Project Empowering Survivors (HOPES) Program we provide comfort and support, information and practical assistance to families, individuals, and communities...
- 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington DC 20008
- 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE Washington DC 20020
Comprehensive Homicide Elimination Strategies Task Force
Our Executive Director has been appointed by the D.C. Mayor to co-chair the city’s Comprehensive Homicide Elimination Strategies Task Force. The Task Force will make recommendations to the City Counc...
- 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington DC 20008
- 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE Washington DC 20020
Sexual Assault & Trauma
Sexual Assault and Trauma
At the Wendt Center, we view sexual assault as a broad term for unwanted sexual contact including rape, date rape, acquaintance rape, sexual abuse, incest, marital rape, chil...
(202) 749-8000;
(202) 624-0010;
(800) 799-7233 (Hotline)
- 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington DC 20008
- 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE Washington DC 20020
Support Groups - Wendt Center for Loss
Our group therapy provides a place for people to express the many emotions associated with grief and trauma in a safe, supportive and confidential environment. We offer support groups for adults, chil...
- 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington DC 20008
- 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE Washington DC 20020
Counseling Services - Wendt Center for Loss
Grief counseling is often about finding new solutions to problems of living, or about changing relationships in the context of loss. Our trained, experienced therapists accompany adults and families a...
- 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington DC 20008
- 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE Washington DC 20020