Unseen Battles: Understanding Moral Injury
About this Event
Moral injury is increasingly recognized as a distinct form of psychological suffering that extends beyond traditional fear-based models of trauma. Unlike PTSD, which is primarily rooted in responses to life-threatening events, moral injury develops when individuals experience, witness, or fail to prevent events that violate deeply held moral beliefs and values. The result can be profound guilt, shame, betrayal, loss of trust, spiritual distress, and disruption of identity.
This training provides clinicians with a practical framework for understanding moral injury across a wide range of populations, including first responders, healthcare professionals, military personnel, survivors of trauma, and individuals navigating complex life experiences.
Participants will learn how moral injury develops, where it commonly presents in clinical practice, how to differentiate it from PTSD and related disorders, and why it is often overlooked during assessment.
Drawing from current research and evidence-informed clinical approaches, this workshop explores assessment strategies and treatment interventions that promote healing, restore meaning, and support recovery. Attendees will leave with practical tools they can immediately integrate into practice, regardless of their therapeutic orientation.
Leilani D. Mason is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker Supervisor (LICSW-S), Private Independent Practitioner (PIP), EMDR Certified Therapist and Consultant, and the Owner and Director of Services for Healthy Minds Consulting, a multidisciplinary behavioral health practice serving individuals across the lifespan in Alabama. She is also the Founder of the Faith and Science Institute, an organization dedicated to exploring the integration of evidence-based mental health care with faith-informed perspectives through education, training, and professional development.
With more than 20 years of experience in behavioral health, Leilani has dedicated her career to working with individuals impacted by trauma, crisis, providing trauma-focused services through the Wounded Warrior Project, conducting forensic interviews, and treating survivors of complex trauma in both community mental health and private practice settings. Her work has focused extensively on military personnel, veterans, first responders, healthcare professionals, and individuals experiencing posttraumatic stress, grief, and moral injury.
Leilani is an approved clinical supervisor in Alabama and Florida and has trained and mentored clinicians in trauma-informed care, EMDR, and evidence-based treatment approaches. She is a sought-after presenter who is passionate about translating emerging research into practical clinical strategies that therapists can immediately implement in their work with clients. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Social Work (DSW) degree at the University of Alabama, where her scholarly work centers on developing an evidence-informed clinical framework for the assessment and treatment of moral injury, with a particular focus on first responders and healthcare professionals. Through her clinical practice, teaching, research, and leadership, Leilani is committed to advancing the understanding of moral injury and helping clinicians recognize and heal the invisible wounds that often extend beyond traditional models of trauma.
10 am-10:15 am- Welcome and Introductions
10:15 am- 11:45 am- Part One- Invisible Wounds Beyond PTSD
11:45am-12:20pm- Lunch/ Networking
12:20pm-1:50pm- Part Two- Invisible Wounds Beyond PTSD
1:50pm-2:00pm- Questions/Wrap Up
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