"Remember a time … feeling as though a train has roared through your heart, splitting it into a million pieces. Feeling as though happiness is a complete luxury that you will never be able to afford again, when everything that you breathe, feel, sleep, dream and think is grief and pain. It covers you like a shroud … it invades your lungs and your brain and your bones and your joints. It makes you feel completely alone. And suddenly you see a break in the bleakness, almost like sunshine, or you hear a small peaceful song … that is my definition of the Wendt Center and their staff."
—Wendt Center Client
Welcome
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. We provide mental health counseling, training and education, crisis response and case management services to ease the impact of illness, loss, and traumatic events. We respect individuals and their experiences, understand the pain of loss and trauma, and support people in their healing journey.
The Wendt Center for Loss and Healing understands the need to reach out for help when the stress associated with illness, traumatic events or life threatening illness is overwhelming. We also understand that not everyone has the means to pursue professional or peer assistance and people often feel lost among the countless support options now available. We have created this web site in an attempt to provide useful, practical and accessible information for those interested in learning more about the process of healing.
Due to the rain we rescheduled our
Second Annual Memorial Butterfly Release
We were so disappointed to hear that thunderstorm and flood warnings were predicted, and since safety was our primary concern, we rescheduled the Memorial Butterfly Release for Tuesday, May 25th at 2:00pm at Garfield Park. We had a wonderful turnout to hear the reading of the names of loved ones and participate in the releasing of the butterflies. Many thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make this event fun and meaningful. We will make better plans with Mother Nature next year and hope you will join us then!
Grief Therapy Groups!
Enroll Now!! Most of the groups are on-going for all ages. For more information contact our Intake Coordinator, Steve Asher, at 202-204-5021.
2010 Camp Forget-Me-Not/
Camp Erin DC was from June 11-13
Visit our Camp page!
News and Events
Children and Grief
The Diane Rehm Show
One in nine Americans has experienced the death of a parent before the age of 20. On Tuesday, June 8, WAMU and the Diane Rehm Show Morning aired "Dealing with a Parent's Early Death.” The Wendt Center's Clinical Director, Mary Owen, was a featured guest. You can listen to the episode on WAMU's web site, wamu.org.
Please share the show with colleagues, friends and family. Spread the news about the Wendt Center's vital work!
United Way and CFC Campaigns
The Wendt Center is one of the charities you can designate if you participate in the annual United Way Campaign.
Our agency code is #8345 and CFC Code is #17145.
Thank you for remembering us!
