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Moral Injury Webinar Series

 

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Thursday 15 May 2025

Rachel Kanter (California State University San Bernardino):
Moral injury in civilian intimate partner violence contexts
7pm BST (UK time) | 8pm CEST | 11am PDT | 2pm EDT

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Moral injury has emerged as a significant predictor of mental health outcomes, particularly within military and healthcare contexts. However, despite the conceptual overlap between experiences of interpersonal violence and moral injury, limited research has explored moral injury among survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). In this session, Rachel will draw on quantitative and qualitative findings to examine how moral injury may serve as a key mechanism linking experiences of IPV to adverse mental health outcomes. This work highlights the need to conceptualise IPV as a potentially morally injurious experience and offers insights for clinicians, researchers and faith-based communities aiming to provide trauma-informed support to survivors.

Rachel Kanter is a researcher specialising in moral injury, particularly in the context of interpersonal violence. Her work explores how facets of religiosity and spirituality influence posttraumatic outcomes among both survivors and perpetrators. Her research has been published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence and the Journal of Religion and Health, and she has presented at numerous national conferences including the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She is a student at California State University, San Bernardino, and an intern with the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. Rachel plans to pursue doctoral training in clinical psychology, with the long-term goal of informing evidence-based interventions for individuals experiencing moral and spiritual distress.

All are welcome to attend this webinar. To receive the Teams link, please register at Eventbrite.

 

Thursday 19 June 2025

Lily An Kim (ALPHA Education (Asia-Pacific Peace Museum), Toronto)
Minority nursing, moral injury and distress in historical trauma perspective
7pm BST | 2pm EDT

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Videos of Previous Webinars

Please note that only the talks are recorded. Webinars include around 45 minutes audience discussion that is not recorded.

Creative approaches to recovery and repair after moral injury: Life story theatre and collective narratives. By Alison O'Connor

Penance in light of moral injury - by Brian Powers

Andrea Lambell: How moral injury due to PPE and distancing changed England's care landscape

Recovery from moral injury in parents whose children have experienced childhood maltreatment - by Dr Cher McGillivray

Moral issues in care towards the end of life - a presentation by Dr Colette Hawkins

Moral injury and church-related abuse: Responding creatively through the visual arts, music and poetry

Video of webinar on moral injury in film and television

The radicality of listening to stories: How to listen to a war story, by Joshua T. Morris

Moral injury and families, by Leo Quinlan, Marty O'Connor and Michael Lyons

Sara de Jong: From moral injury to moral redemption? Afghanistan veterans’ advocacy on behalf of Afghan interpreters

Nicola Frail: A chaplaincy reflection on the potential for military moral injury from non-combat experiences

Unbinding Souls: The Use of Ritual in Moral Injury, by Rita Nakashima Brock

Beyond the Binary of 'Victims' and 'Perpetrators': A Revised Typology for Moral Injury Based on Agency, by Brian Powers

Sharing lament and reinvesting in hope when loved ones die by suicide, by Carrie Doehring

Moral Injury as Negative Revelation, by Michael S. Yandell

The Power of Religious Rituals in Supporting People with Moral Injury, by Brad Kelle and Chris Tidd

Trajectories of moral injury: A webinar introducing the International Centre for Moral Injury