A shared space. Shared Recovery.
MVA Recovery Group
Recovery after an accident is largely designed as an individual experience.
You are either receiving care or navigating recovery. Whether you’re attending appointments with healthcare professionals or trying to make sense of conversations with insurance adjusters and lawyers, much of the recovery process is experienced on your own. Between receiving care and figuring everything else out, recovery can become surprisingly isolating.
The MVA Recovery Group was created to bring together Albertans navigating similar questions, challenges, and milestones after an accident. It is a group space where recovery is not only received, but also shared through connection, conversation, and mutual support.
Who is this group for?
The MVA Recovery Group is for people navigating the social, emotional, and psychological impact of a motor vehicle accident in Alberta. While every recovery journey is different, the group is built around one shared experience: rebuilding life after an accident alongside others who understand what that process can really feel like.
This group welcomes people who are:
- Recovering from a motor vehicle accident in Alberta.
- Beyond the immediate crisis phase of recovery.
- A driver, passenger, pedestrian, cyclist, or another road user involved in the accident.
- Recovering from visible or invisible injuries, regardless of their severity.
- Recovering from a mild, moderate, severe, or catastrophic injury.
- Emotionally and functionally able to participate in a 90-minute virtual group setting.
- Preferably receiving, or open to accessing, individual mental health support where appropriate.
No two accidents or recovery journeys are the same. What brings this group together is the shared experience of rebuilding life after an accident. Through that shared experience, participants have the opportunity to learn from, support, and recover alongside one another.
A Note from Your Facilitator
Hi, I’m Anjali Nagda, a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) and I’ll be facilitating the MVA Recovery Group.
Through my work providing individual counselling to people recovering from motor vehicle accidents in Alberta, one theme has come up time and time again: recovery can be an incredibly isolating experience. I decided to find a way to address that, and that’s what led me to create the MVA Recovery Group.
As your facilitator, I’m mindful that this group intentionally brings together people with diverse accident experiences, different injuries, and different stages of recovery. My role is to hold that diversity with care by creating a psychologically safe and respectful environment where participants can learn from and support one another. I’ll guide each session, but I’ll also step in whenever needed to maintain healthy boundaries, support respectful participation, and help ensure that the group remains a safe space for everyone.
One of the things I hope this group makes possible is a shift from experiencing recovery as something that is happening to you, to discovering that you can also become an active participant in your own recovery—and, at times, an important part of someone else’s.
Before joining the group, you’ll receive the Community Guidelines that outlines what you can expect from the group, what participants can expect from one another, and how we’ll work together to create a respectful, confidential, and supportive environment.
Still have questions?
If you’d like to learn more about the MVA Recovery Group, you’re welcome to explore the FAQs below.
If you’d prefer to talk it through, I invite you to book an Exploratory Call. I’d be happy to answer your questions and help you decide whether the group feels like the right fit for you at this stage of your recovery.
I look forward to meeting you.
See you at our next group.
Upcoming Recovery Conversations
Every MVA Recovery Group session explores a different recovery theme. Upcoming conversation topics, dates, and registration are published on our booking page, allowing you to choose the conversations that feel most relevant to where you are in your recovery.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about the MVA Recovery Group, including how it works, who it's for, registration, participation, and what to expect before you join.
Individual counselling and the MVA Recovery Group play different, equally important roles in recovery after a motor vehicle accident. They are not intended to replace one another—they address different aspects of rehabilitation.
Individual counselling creates space to understand the personal impact of the accident: the thoughts, emotions, changes, and challenges that have emerged in your own life. It provides individualized therapeutic support to help you make sense of your experience and move through your recovery in a way that is tailored to you.
The MVA Recovery Group focuses on the social experience of recovery. It creates opportunities to recover alongside others who understand what life after an accident can feel like, reducing isolation through connection, shared learning, and mutual support. Rather than working only on your own recovery, the group also creates space for you to become part of someone else’s recovery by sharing your experiences, perspectives, and strengths.
Together, individual counselling and the MVA Recovery Group support different dimensions of recovery—one through individualized therapeutic work, and the other through connection, shared experience, and social rehabilitation.
If you’re unable to attend a scheduled session, please cancel your registration at least 24 hours in advance.
- Drop-in Pass: If you cancel at least 24 hours before the session, you may transfer your registration to another upcoming session. Cancellations made with less than 24 hours’ notice will be considered a late cancellation, and the session fee is non-refundable.
- Recovery Pass: If you cancel at least 24 hours before the session, you can register for another recovery conversation within your six-month Recovery Pass period. If you cancel with less than 24 hours’ notice or do not attend the session, it will be counted as one of your six sessions.
This policy helps ensure that places remain available for other participants and supports the smooth running of the group.
The MVA Recovery Group is intended for people who have moved beyond the immediate crisis phase following a motor vehicle accident and are ready to participate in a shared group experience. While there is no specific timeline, participants are generally medically stable, have begun navigating their recovery, and feel emotionally and functionally able to take part in a 90-minute virtual group.
Absolutely. Many participants may be attending a support group for the first time.
Each session is facilitated by a Canadian Certified Counsellor and follows a consistent structure. You’re not expected to know how a support group works before joining. The facilitator will guide the conversation, help create a psychologically safe environment, and ensure participants understand what to expect throughout the session.
You’re welcome to book an Exploratory Call if you’d like to discuss your situation before joining.
Together, we can talk through where you are in your recovery, answer any questions you may have, and help you decide whether the MVA Recovery Group feels like the right fit for you at this stage.
No.
Many participants find it helpful to have individual counselling alongside the group, particularly if they’re working through experiences that benefit from one-to-one therapeutic support. While it isn’t a requirement to join, individual counselling may be encouraged, if appropriate.
Yes.
Recovery doesn’t follow a fixed timeline. Some people join the group within the first few months of their recovery, while others may be navigating changes months or even years after their accident.
If you’re continuing to experience the emotional, psychological, or social impact of your accident and feel ready to participate in a group setting, you are welcome to join.
Disclaimer
Important Information
The MVA Recovery Group is led by Anjali Nagda, Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC), and is designed to complement—not replace—individual counselling, medical care, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, or any other services that may be part of your recovery following a motor vehicle accident in Alberta.
The group focuses on the social, emotional, and psychological aspects of recovery through shared experience, peer learning, and connection within a professionally facilitated group setting. It is not intended to provide crisis intervention, medical advice, legal advice, insurance guidance, or case-specific recommendations.
If, at any stage, the facilitator believes that another form of support would better meet a participant’s needs, they may recommend additional or alternative services and, where appropriate, help guide the participant toward more suitable care. The facilitator also reserves the right to make decisions that are necessary to protect the safety and wellbeing of the group as a whole.
Upcoming recovery themes and session dates are published on the booking page and updated periodically. From time to time, the schedule may change to accommodate facilitator availability, planned breaks, or other operational needs. Any changes will be communicated as early as possible, with thoughtful consideration given to supporting participants’ continuity of care and planning.
Still Wondering If the Group Is Right for You?