The Moral Injury Workbook: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills for Moving Beyond Shame, Anger, and Trauma to Reclaim Your Values

Introducing the first self-help workbook on moral injury, featuring a powerful approach grounded in
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you heal moral pain and connect with a deeper sense of
meaning and purpose.If you've experienced, witnessed, or failed to prevent an act that violates your own deeply held values-such as accidentally harming someone in an automobile accident, or failing to save someone from a dangerous situation-you may suffer from moral injury, an enduring psychological and spiritual pain that is often accompanied by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, substance abuse, and other mental health conditions. In order to begin healing, you need to reconnect with your values and what really matters to you as a human being. Written by a renowned team of PTSD and trauma professionals, this workbook can help. The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Moral Injury is the first workbook of its kind to offer a powerful step-by-step program to help you move beyond moral pain. With this guide, you'll learn to work through difficult thoughts, emotions, and spiritual troubles; reconnect with your deeply held sense of self, values, or spiritual beliefs; and gain the psychological flexibility you need to begin healing and live a full and meaningful life. Links to downloadable worksheets for veterans and clinicians are also included.

Wyatt R. Evans, PhD, is a fellow with UT Health San Antonio, and a clinical research therapist for STRONG STAR
and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. He is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in traumatic stress including
moral injury, as well as posttraumatic healing and growth. Evans is committed to advancing interventions including
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to promote recovery and foster resilience in military and other populations
highly impacted by trauma. Kent D. Drescher, PhD, is a retired clinical psychologist who provided clinical services, education, and research as a staff member with the National Center for PTSD for more than twenty-seven years. His primary areas of expertise include the intersection of trauma and spirituality and moral injury. He has been an early advocate for the use of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for veterans struggling with moral challenges following military service. Jacob K. Farnsworth, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with the Veteran Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System specializing in trauma and substance use disorders. Farnsworth is a codeveloper of the acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for moral injury intervention and his writing and research has focused on translating cutting-edge research into innovative and effective treatments for moral injury.Robyn D. Walser, PhD, is director of TL Consultation Services, codirector of the Bay Area Trauma Recovery Center, staff at the National Center for PTSD, and associate clinical professor at the University of California, Berkeley. As a licensed clinical psychologist, she maintains an international training, consulting, and therapy practice. Walser is an expert in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and has authored and coauthored several books on ACT.