OTR Wellness

OTR Wellness OTR is a nonprofit providing trauma informed counseling & First Responder Support Services. OTR accepts BCBS AETNA, Cigna, Tricare, Magellan, and Amerihealth.

We are a woman owned private practice that opened our doors in 2008 specializing in trauma related issues providing mental health counseling, consultation, training, and supervision. Our staff have varied backgrounds and all have trauma treatment backgrounds (PTSD) and experience including first responders, military, general life stress, relationships (including domestic violence), LGBTQ+ issues, grief, anxieties, and depression. We have an integrative approach, as not every client responds well to the same techniques. Our team also provides services such as wellness checks, therapy, and debrief groups for federal and local law enforcement/public safety/first responders of any type, humanitarian aid/disaster workers, frontline healthcare workers, journalists covering military or federal conflict areas or disasters, and military personnel and their families. OTR has been involved in projects, trainings and supportive services involving topics of trauma such as domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, as well as first responder mental health through our training of professionals as well as community and agency presentations. We maintain connections with EAPs and outside agencies as an option for mental health referral or support. (Located in DC and Old Town Alexandria, VA)

❄️Mindfulness Technique:Close off your mind, pause, and focus on the photo for a minute. Pay attention to detail and not...
01/18/2026

❄️Mindfulness Technique:
Close off your mind, pause, and focus on the photo for a minute. Pay attention to detail and noting outside the photo… look at the snowflakes on the pup’s head. Breathe in slowly and out. ❄️

01/18/2026
Having a hard time slowing your thoughts? Slowing your heartbeat? Having a tough week? Try one of these.
01/15/2026

Having a hard time slowing your thoughts? Slowing your heartbeat? Having a tough week? Try one of these.

🚔🚒OTR’s Bridget, Sophia, Jennifer, and Sarah and BRUCE 🐶stopped by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Dep...
01/14/2026

🚔🚒OTR’s Bridget, Sophia, Jennifer, and Sarah and BRUCE 🐶stopped by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department at DCA roll calls and then over to Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire & Rescue Department Station 302 in Dulles today. As part of the peer support initiative we are doing our best to make it to different shifts across the airports this month for a little extra support with a puppy. Bruce is making sure to help run roll calls and the kitchen. Thanks for having us in your house again tonight!

01/12/2026

🚔🚒OTR’s Bruce and Doc F spent Saturday afternoon and evening with our Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire & ...
01/11/2026

🚔🚒OTR’s Bruce and Doc F spent Saturday afternoon and evening with our Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire & Rescue Department and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department out at Dulles. Sometimes they just need a little extra support and maybe a puppy. As part of the peer support initiative, as we move through a tough anniversary and a long year, OTR is stopping by a little extra over the next couple of weeks. Today Bruce helped with inspection at roll call and napped at the Sarg’s desk and then helped the fire guys at Station 302 make/eat spicy chicken sandwiches, cookies, and milkshakes (those are good guys!). Uno was called when the tones dropped and they had to go.
Thank you for having us in your house again. 🚔🚒

💙Today MPD lost Officer Bennett, an 8-year veteran of the department, was struck by a vehicle while assisting a motorist...
01/08/2026

💙Today MPD lost Officer Bennett, an 8-year veteran of the department, was struck by a vehicle while assisting a motorist on I-695 on December 23, 2025.

With profound sadness, we announce the line of duty death of Officer Terry Bennett.

Officer Bennett, an 8-year veteran of the department, was struck by a vehicle while assisting a motorist on I-695 on December 23, 2025.

“Officer Bennett was a model officer, a born and raised Washingtonian who wanted to make a positive impact on his community," said interim Chief of Police Jeffery Carroll.

Read more about Officer Bennett here: https://mpdc.dc.gov/release/mpd-announces-line-duty-death-officer-terry-bennett

🚨Hey Hey! We have another new OTR team member for you all to meet! Chelsey Puzzanghero is now on deck as she completes h...
01/08/2026

🚨Hey Hey! We have another new OTR team member for you all to meet!
Chelsey Puzzanghero is now on deck as she completes her MA training with us! Check out her background below.⬇️ Welcome to the team Chelsey! 🚨

🚨Listen up! OTR has a new team member on deck! Meet Yolanda Creal! Yolanda brings years of extensive experience, which i...
01/06/2026

🚨Listen up! OTR has a new team member on deck! Meet Yolanda Creal! Yolanda brings years of extensive experience, which includes over 20 years with the US Army retiring as Lt Colonel. We can’t wait to see what she does with her work at OTR! Read more about it below! Welcome Yolanda!

💙 Bruce got the cops playing around this Monday morning in Fredericksburg 💙
01/05/2026

💙 Bruce got the cops playing around this Monday morning in Fredericksburg 💙

🚒❤️Doc F hung out at Station 302 with our Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire & Rescue Department tonight fo...
01/03/2026

🚒❤️Doc F hung out at Station 302 with our Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire & Rescue Department tonight for a little bit… they too needed cake, a puppy, and extra smiles. ❤️🚒

🚒❤️Doc F made sure stop and see our friends at Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire & Rescue Department DCA s...
01/01/2026

🚒❤️Doc F made sure stop and see our friends at Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire & Rescue Department DCA station for New Years. They needed some cake and a pup. Bruce showed them how to tear up a toy in minutes and was happy to sit in his favorite chair. ❤️🚒
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1801 Columbia Road NW Suite 102
Washington D.C., DC
20009

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