Healing Veteran Moral Injury

Healing Veteran Moral Injury highlights the importance of story and metaphor in the change process and in trauma-related work. Grounded in evidence-based practice and replete with clear, down-to-earth examples that foster empathy and understanding, Healing Veteran Moral Injury illustrates the ways in which building a sense of community can help restore trust and meaning. Each chapter illustrates the power of stories and metaphors and helps veterans identify strategies for healing moral injury and for posttraumatic growth. Clinicians and veterans will come away from this book with tools for building connection, for accepting what they cannot change, and for developing a more accurate perception of responsibility. Healing Veteran Moral Injury is intended both for mental health professionals and for veterans themselves as a tool for breaking the silence, for pointing other veterans toward hope and healing, and for telling stories of moral pain with fortitude and courage.