Trauma-focused areas
Therapy After Losing Someone in an Accident
Therapy after a fatal accident is for the people left behind. Losing someone suddenly and preventably is a different kind of bereavement, and it is made heavier by having to conduct a legal case through the worst year of your life.
- Licensed clinicians
- 100% telehealth, all 50 states
- No pressure
What people describe
You may recognise some of this
- Intrusive images of the crash, even if you were not there
- Anger at the person responsible, and at the pace of the process
- Guilt about what you did or did not do that day
- Grief that restarts with every hearing, deposition or deadline
- Feeling unable to grieve while the case is still open
None of this is a diagnosis, and you do not need to tick every line to be worth treating.
Sudden, preventable death is recognised as a harder bereavement than an expected one. There was no goodbye, and the loss arrives bound up with blame, which is why traumatic grief so often looks different from ordinary grief and why generic bereavement support can miss it.
The legal process complicates things further. Families describe being unable to begin grieving because the case demands they keep revisiting the death in detail, on someone else's schedule. We do not run your case, but we can help you carry it, and we can work around its timetable.
If you witnessed the death or found the scene, that is a trauma in its own right sitting on top of the grief, and it needs treating as well as the loss.
What this costs
Payment here depends on the situation, so we talk it through before anything starts. Where there is a personal-injury claim behind it we can often work on a lien, with nothing upfront. Where there is not, we will tell you plainly what the options are rather than leave you guessing.
How $0-upfront care worksFor attorneys & referral partners
Wrongful death files run on a different footing from an injury claim, and how a surviving family member's own treatment is funded varies with the jurisdiction and the estate. We would rather agree that with your office at the outset than make assumptions. Clinically we provide traumatic bereavement care and can work around deposition and hearing schedules.
Refer a clientWhere this often leads
What we treat after fatalities & wrongful death
Most people arrive with one of these rather than a label for the event itself.
Depression
Compassionate care for the low mood and loss that can follow injury and trauma.
Learn morePTSD
Evidence-based care for post-traumatic stress that develops after an accident or injury.
Learn moreNightmares
Targeted support for the disturbing dreams and sleep problems that follow trauma.
Learn moreCommon questions
Questions people ask
Is this different from ordinary grief counselling?
Often yes. Sudden, preventable loss tends to bring trauma symptoms alongside grief, and an active legal case keeps reopening it. Both need addressing, not just the bereavement.
I cannot grieve while the case is going on. Is that normal?
It is extremely common. The process demands you revisit the death repeatedly on someone else's timetable, which can suspend grieving. That is something we work with directly.
I was not there when it happened. Can I still have trauma symptoms?
Yes. Learning of a sudden, violent death of someone close to you can produce traumatic stress even without witnessing it, and imagined images can be as intrusive as remembered ones.
Will my therapist be licensed in my state?
Yes. Therapy is licensed state by state, so we match you with a clinician licensed where you live. We confirm that licensure before your first session.
Is online trauma therapy as effective as in-person care?
Research shows telehealth trauma therapy can be just as effective as in-person care for most people, while removing barriers like travel and time off work during recovery.
Can my attorney refer me?
Yes. We coordinate with personal-injury attorneys and medical providers who refer patients, and we keep the legal and clinical sides aligned.
Talk it through first
There's no cost to ask and no pressure. Call (470) 836-4878 or send a message, and we'll explain your options honestly.