LIFE AFTER MY ACCIDENT
If you experienced complex injuries related to a motor vehicle accident (MVA), it helps to know you’re not alone, to help your system slow down, and to offer yourself safe spaces to practice recovery skills.
That’s what this group is about.
At Life After My Accident, people with lived accident experience gather to share and learn together.
Why should I join?
To explore safe ways to connect with myself and others around shared recovery experiences and strategies.
This facilitated support group helps accident survivors, like yourself, better understand their bodies and minds. It offers gentle restorative activities and a safe place to try them. Moreover, you get to meet others who are also on a complex recovery journey.
This is a monthly drop-in group. You choose your level of participation and attend as often as you like.
What will we be doing?
Each session offers sharing time, recovery skills practice, short body calming activities, and friendly conversation.
This group treats you as a whole person. It is designed to help MVA survivors, like yourself, manage as best as possible at home, work or school, and in the community.
The group’s facilitators offer rehabilitation education and skills coaching. You and your peers are invited to talk about these and other recovery strategies, ask questions, and receive guidance.
We occasionally have special guests to help address specialist recovery topics - these events are announced in advance.
Conversations are sensitive to participants’ accident trauma. This means we’re mindful about triggers and avoid discussing accident content directly.
When and where do we meet?
This group meets on the second Tuesday of every month, from 12-1pm, in-person at the Midtown clinic.
Registration is required. You’re welcome to attend as many sessions as you’d like, joining as your schedule allows and according to your needs.
Examples of group topics:
- Re-friending my Body
- Pain as a Part of Me
- Connecting to my Values and Identity
- Engaging with my Community
- other themes relevant to group members
Note: This group is most helpful for those who are at least two years out from their accident. It’s meant to complement, rather than replace, individual therapies.
Co-facilitation by:
- Shelly Pavlic, Social Worker and Psychotherapist (RSW)
- Tamara Amirault, Social Worker and Psychotherapist (RSW)
Shelly and Tamara firmly believe that accident survivors need caring, comprehensive support during recovery, and that everyone deserves to feel understood.
This group is free of charge for current Midtown clients and $20/session otherwise. Services are eligible for coverage under most health benefit and auto insurance plans. However, we heavily subsidize group fees knowing some of you are paying out-of-pocket.
