Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Psychological Assessment and Treatment Involvement in a car accident, especially a severe one, may cause trauma and affect person's menthal health. It may manifest in worsening possible existing mental health condition, or a person can strugle with a new symptoms, such as lack of ability of regulating moods, emotions, thoughts and behaviours. Person can also struggle with changes in attention, memory, they might be having nightmares about traumatic experience and so on. Our Psychologists can assess, diagnose and treat various conditions, including anxiety, depression, post- traumatic stress disorder and other trauma related symptoms and conditions. Our Psychologists are here to support you, help you to address symptoms and lead you to gain back your mental well-being. Did you know? If you were involved in a car accident within 2 years, you may qualify for coverage of Psychology services with accessing benefits through your Section B insurance and/or Extended Health Care plans. According to the Act Bill 41 (introduced by the Alberta Government), the Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) enables people experiencing MVA-related injuries and traumas, access to psychologists. Please note that these benefits have a $1,000 limit on expenses and that this access expires 90 days following the MVA date. Our priority will be to assisst you to access this benefit as soon as possible. If you contacted us for a psychological support beyond the first 90 days from the accident, then we can further support you by providing documentation of your symptoms and treatment needs to your insurer, with requests for extended support and treatment access. What are the steps to access benefits for MVA assessment and treatment? 1. Please contact your Auto insurer and/or Extended Health Benefits provider to confirm that you are covered and inform them that you would like to start psychological treatment for the condition or symptoms related to MVA at ARCH Psychological Services. 2. MVA insurer might ask for a doctor's note where it is stated that psychological treatment is needed. Please also email the note to us at arch@archpsychological.com. 3. We will book you for an assessment with the therapist and afterwards we will send the assessment report to your MVA insurer. 4. Once we get the approval for treatment from your MVA insurer, we will contact you to book treatment appointments. Progress of the therapy will be monitored and further treatments may be requested, if needed. Please note the steps involved regarding processing fees: Your auto insurer will require you to exhaust all available extended health benefits for psychology services, before billing your auto insurance company directly. If your extended health insurance company will not allow us direct billing, we will ask you to pay for psychology services just before each appointment and we will issue a receipt that you can submit to your extended health insurer and ask for reimbursement. Once you have used up your psychology coverage from your extended health insurer, they will issue you a letter stating there is no more coverage available. Please send us this form, which we will submit to the auto insurer on your behalf.