What is moral injury, and who can it impact? Moral injury, as defined by this episode's guest is: It is an existential and or spiritual crisis. that can be the consequence of having been trained to override the intrinsic and instinctive aversion to the taking of human life, that it is about killing, which is an act that can't be undone. And that humans are not prepared for the aftermath of that. It can also be the consequence of having engaged in combat operations, however necessary at the time, that creates a conflict between one's moral code and one's actions. There is that dissonance between what I was raised to believe, what I was taught to believe, what I do believe, and what I just had to do."  Moral injury impacts military personnel, veterans, war correspondents, first responders, and medical personnel.  Eva Usadi, MA, BCD, CGP,  an EMDR-certified therapist and consultant, discusses how EMDR therapy can heal moral injury. Learn more about how EMDR therapy can heal moral injury. 

Resources:

• Trauma and Resiliency Resources, Inc.
• EMDR & PTSD YouTube Video, CBS News
• Healing the Heart and Soul of our Nation's Warriors: EMDR for Moral Injury, presented by Eva Usadi, EMDRIA Annual Conference, 2022
• Moral Injury Event Scale, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD
• EMDRIA Client Brochures 
• Focal Point  Blog
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online Community for Military or First Responders and Protective Services Personnel (must be a member to log in)
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 15,000 EMDR therapists.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

Musical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE.

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.