What constitutes moral injury?

It is quite possible that you have experienced enough trauma to have symptoms of PTSD after experiencing domestic violence or narcissistic abuse.  And it is also possible that this is compounded by something even deeper; the destruction of your moral code.

As promised in episode 50, I am doing a deep dive into all things moral injury so that I can help you become unstuck on your healing journey and find self-forgiveness which is required for healing.  I reached out to Dr. Daniel Roberts, a leader in the research on moral injury to learn how experiences lead to moral injury and how one can heal.

In this episode, we touch on the differences between a moral dilemma, moral distress/conflict, and moral injury.  Dr. Roberts shares what he has seen to be effective in treating moral injury and the next step in researching this topic.

Dr. Daniel Roberts is the President and CEO of Moral Injury Support Network for Servicewomen, Inc., and a 20+ year U.S. Army Chaplain Corps member. In the span of time, he has helped many servicewomen who experienced moral injury due to sexual assaults, bullying, spousal infidelity, and other traumatic events. His work and research on moral injury and providing pastoral care have been published in the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, the Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling, the Qualitative Report, SAGE Business Cases, and Amazon.

Show Links:

Moral Injury Support Network for Servicewomen, Inc. (MISNS) web page: https://misns.org.

MISNS interviewing spouses of military service members with PTSD for our moral injury research project: https://misns.org/what-is/moral-injury-research/seeking-participants-for-research-project/.

MISNS provides moral injury training for organizations: https://misns.org/moral-injury-training-for-your-organization/.

Through the Harriet Tubman Chaplain Network, MISNS provides free pastoral care to women veterans in the U.S. and Canada: https://misns.org/tubman-chaplain-network/.

Donate now to support research and programs that help women veterans suffering from moral injury: http

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