Does Oregon PIP Insurance Cover EMDR Therapy After a Car Accident?
If you or someone you know has been in a car accident, you know the aftermath often involves more than just physical injuries.
Some people experience:
Anxiety or panic while driving or riding in a car
Fear of intersections, highways, or certain driving conditions
Flashbacks or distressing memories of the accident
Feeling on edge, hypervigilant, or easily startled
Avoiding driving or activities they previously enjoyed
Sleep difficulties or ongoing emotional distress
Sometimes these worries subside on their own, but other times the distress from the accent continues to persist even as injuries begin to heal. Whether it’s a large accident or a small fender bender, our brains might register these events as traumatic and continue to experience triggers after the accident happened.
If you are recovering from the emotional toll of a car accident in Oregon you might be wondering, could your auto insurance help cover therapy?
EMDR Therapy for Anxiety: How It Works and Who It Helps
It’s likely you’ve heard of EMDR before, even if you don’t know exactly what it is. And if you have heard of it, odds are you’ve heard it’s commonly used for processing trauma.
Whether you’ve heard about it or not, EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a highly effective form of therapy that uses bilateral stimulation (eye movements, tapping, tones, etc.) to process difficult memories and change the way they are stored in the brain in order to reduce distress.
Side note: I know it’s a bit odd that moving your eyes back and forth can help with something like this. I was skeptical myself before I went through the training and saw how effective EMDR can be. (You can dive into the research here and learn more about EMDR here.)