Page 10 - EMCAPP-Journal No. 24

Dr. Ken Logan is a licensed psychologist, professor of clinical psycho-
logy, and Director of Integra�on at George Fox University's Gradua-
te School of Clinical Psychology. With over 30 years of experience, he
specializes in helping first responders, ministers, chaplains, and thera-
pists heal from complex trauma, moral injury, burnout, and compassi-
on fa�gue. His research and wri�ng focus on forgiveness, compassion,
grace, and spiritual meaning-making in trauma and moral injury reco-
very. A Chris�an clinician and integra�ve thinker, Dr. Logan is com-
mi�ed to honoring the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—while
working respec�ully with clients and students of all backgrounds.

Former contribu�ons by Ken in our eJournal you can see her:
h�ps://emcapp.ignis.de/13/#p=50
h�ps://emcapp.ignis.de/12/#p=84

Rodger K. Bufford Ph.D. is a professor and former Chairperson of the
Graduate School of Clinical Psychology at George Fox University in Ne-
wberg, Oregon. He has authored two books and numerous ar�cles on
psychology and religion. His research interests include theore�cal and
empirical psychology of religion, spiritual well-being and grace as pa-
thways to thriving and well-being, and the effects of human and natu-
ral adversi�es on psychological func�oning. He has contributed signi-
ficantly to study of spiritual well-being and the development of mea-
sures of the experience of grace and natural disaster.

Former contribu�ons by Rodger in our eJournal you can see her:
h�ps://emcapp.ignis.de/15/#p=100

Repairing Moral Injury: Integra�ve Perspec�ves from Psychology and
Chris�an Theology

We live in an age where we have become quite These are the very areas we tend to avoid. So,
adept at biopsychosocial repair. A�er injury, how do we start helping when the hurt is hid-
sha�ered bones can be reset, infec�ons can be den in places no one wants to explore? Strate-
easily cured, rela�onal discord can be media- gies for spiritual, religious, and moral well-
ted, and emo�onal struggles can be worked being are missing from our modern models of
through. Yet, there is a type of wound that we care.
s�ll struggle to address. These are moral Moral harm emerges as a form of suffering that
wounds. It seems that when a wound is mo- is frequently avoided and unspoken (Litz & Ke-
ral—when what we know to be good and just rig, 2019; Shay, 2014; Brock & Le�ni, 2012).
is betrayed—modern approaches to care can Clients, weighed down by shame or regret,
prove to be inadequate. Contemporary ap- o�en conceal the depth of their wounds from
proaches to care o�en avoid the language of themselves and others. Unlike physical suffe-
conscience and morality, which results in mo- ring, marked by bruises or fevers, or emo�onal
ral wounds being overlooked and untreated. suffering, which is revealed through tears and

10