Experiencing emotional trauma from an accident?
We Can Help!
Injury Trauma Counseling specialize in treating
patients suffering from anxiety, emotional trauma
and PTSD following an accident. We are here
to help you take back control of your life.
Results from Non-Fatal Auto Accidents:
Suffer Emotional Trauma
Develop PTSD
Experiencing a Motor Vehicle Accident is Scary, Upsetting,
and Can Substantially Impact Your Life.
Auto accidents can leave you with severe physical damage. However, not many people think about the emotional and mental trauma it can cause.
Getting back into a car becomes a challenge for many car accident victims and survivors.
Studies estimate as many as 33% of people involved in non-fatal auto accidents suffer from some type of emotional trauma, and approximately 25% will develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Symptoms may be brand new or can exacerbate a pre-existing mental condition. This can last for months, years, or a lifetime.
What Exactly is PTSD?
PTSD is a mental health condition that can impact people who
have experienced a traumatic event. More often than not,
traumatic events that result in life-threatening situations can
cause PTSD, from acts of violence to natural disasters, witnessing
someone’s death, or experiencing an accident. A person who
develops PTSD can experience several symptoms that can become
debilitating and impact their quality of life, including work and
personal relationships. For some, the trauma from the accident
can be as harmful and long-lasting as the physical injuries
themselves. These symptoms can appear immediately or take
weeks or even months to recognize.
What Exactly is PTSD?
PTSD is a mental health condition that can impact people who
have experienced a traumatic event. More often than not,
traumatic events that result in life-threatening situations can
cause PTSD, from acts of violence to natural disasters, witnessing
someone’s death, or experiencing an accident. A person who
develops PTSD can experience several symptoms that can become
debilitating and impact their quality of life, including work and
personal relationships. For some, the trauma from the accident
can be as harmful and long-lasting as the physical injuries
themselves. These symptoms can appear immediately or take
weeks or even months to recognize.
Common symptoms of someone suffering from PTSD due to an accident or injury may include:
- Flashbacks of the car accident
- Night terrors and nightmares
- Intrusive thoughts about self-harm
- Refusing to drive or ride in a vehicle
- Constantly feeling on edge
- Feeling increasingly withdrawn from family, friends, loved ones and society.
- Extreme mood swings and emotional outbursts
- Suicidal thoughts
How Injury Trauma Counseling After
an Accident can Help
Auto accidents can do more damage than the physical trauma
they cause. That loss of control you feel due to an accident
can leave a lasting impact on your brain. The fight-or-flight
feeling your brain experiences in the crash can leave a
permanent mark on your head, exposing you to the risk of
repeatedly re-experiencing the fight-or-flight sensation.
It can result in panic attacks, cause or worsen depression and
anxiety, and lead to mood swings.
Seeking Injury Trauma Counseling is a viable way to address
these issues, allowing you to take back control. We are well-
equipped to help you through this, so you no longer need to
suffer in silence.
How Injury Trauma Counseling After
an Accident can Help
Auto accidents can do more damage than the physical trauma
they cause. The loss of control you feel due to an accident
can leave a lasting impact on your brain. The fight-or-flight
feeling your brain experiences in the crash can leave a
permanent mark on your head, exposing you to the risk of
repeatedly re-experiencing the fight-or-flight sensation.
It can result in panic attacks, cause or worsen depression and
anxiety, and lead to mood swings.
Seeking Injury Trauma Counseling is a viable way to address
these issues, allowing you to take back control. We are well-
equipped to help you through this, so you no longer need to
suffer in silence.
Injury Trauma Counseling
- Our team of health care providers consisting of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners and Licensed Mental Health Counselors treat those suffering from emotional and mental trauma after an accident.
- Evidence-based treatment methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Supportive Talk Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and more to deliver themost effective solutions tailored to each victim.
- Here to help you get through the mental and emotional issues of this difficult time.
- Provide factual documentation necessary to establish when a diagnosis is related to an accident.
- When medically necessary, our health care providers can prescribe medication for anxiety, depression and PTSD.
- Offer telehealth visits for convenience and consistency.
- Treat patients throughout all of Florida.
Victims of PTSD caused by an accident
may have the right to recover
damages.
However, it can be challenging to link emotional injuries like PTSD to a
crash since symptoms sometimes are not recognized often until months
later. Therefore, it is important to seek care as soon as possible if you’re
suffering from any early signs of PTSD. This also allows us the ability to
provide the documentation needed to establish when a diagnosis is
related or aggravated by an accident.
Injury Trauma Counseling is here
to work with you to experience life
to the fullest again.
The emotional trauma following a car accident can
weigh heavily on a victim and their loved ones. We can
provide you the support and care you need to get
through this. Remember, seeking proper medical help
is critical to your timely recovery and to continue
living a happy and fulfilling life.
Injury Trauma Counseling is here
to help you experience life
to the fullest again.
The emotional trauma following a car accident can
weigh heavily on a victim and their loved ones. We can
provide you the support and care you need to get
through this. Remember, seeking proper medical help
is critical to your timely recovery and to continue
living a happy and fulfilling life.