Compassion-Focussed EMDR therapy in the treatment of Moral Injury Trauma (Part I)
Tracks
AUDITORIUM 2 - The Liffey B
| Saturday, June 8, 2024 |
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
| AUDITORIUM 2 - The Liffey B |
Speaker
Derek Farrell
Colloquy Trauma Centre
Compassion-Focussed EMDR therapy in the treatment of Moral Injury Trauma (Part I)
Abstract
Authors
Prof Derek Farrell MBE 1
1Professor in Trauma Psychology, University of Worcester, and Honorary Professor in Clinical Practice, Queen’s University Belfast., EMDR Europe Accredited Senior Trainer, & BABCP Accredited CBT therapist.
Abstract:
Many of the symptoms experienced by traumatised individuals are not sufficiently captured by the existing ICD-11/DSM 5 criterion for PTSD, particularly when those symptoms include feelings of shame/ guilt, loneliness, social isolation, fear of recrimination, and moral injury. Addressing these specific elements, particularly regarding moral injury/ is increasingly important.
Moral injury refers to the psychological distress resulting from events that transgress an individual's moral or ethical beliefs. Compassion Focused Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an emerging treatment approach for individuals experiencing moral injury. The approach integrates EMDR with compassion-focused techniques to target the shame, guilt, and self-criticism often associated with moral injury/ trauma.
This presentation explores the core components of moral injury/ trauma using individual narratives, country case studies – including Northern Ireland, and politic disasters such as Hillsborough & Grenfell, as critical narrative. It will explore the distinction between individual and political responses to trauma through the lens of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP).
Specific skills within Compassion-Focussed EMDR therapy (CF-EMDR), will include CF EMDR informed case conceptualisation, psychoeducational frameworks, trauma regulation, strategies, compassion-focussed interweaves, and addressing vicarious traumatisation and self-care.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will consider the core components of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) and how this applies to more vulnerable and complex populations with a specific focus on moral injury and shame-based trauma
2. Participants will explore various theoretical frameworks to explicate the trauma landscape of the client’s lived experience through a moral, and compassion-focussed lens
3. Theoretical, empirical, and clinical case examples will be utilised to underpin knowledge, understanding and application
Prof Derek Farrell MBE 1
1Professor in Trauma Psychology, University of Worcester, and Honorary Professor in Clinical Practice, Queen’s University Belfast., EMDR Europe Accredited Senior Trainer, & BABCP Accredited CBT therapist.
Abstract:
Many of the symptoms experienced by traumatised individuals are not sufficiently captured by the existing ICD-11/DSM 5 criterion for PTSD, particularly when those symptoms include feelings of shame/ guilt, loneliness, social isolation, fear of recrimination, and moral injury. Addressing these specific elements, particularly regarding moral injury/ is increasingly important.
Moral injury refers to the psychological distress resulting from events that transgress an individual's moral or ethical beliefs. Compassion Focused Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an emerging treatment approach for individuals experiencing moral injury. The approach integrates EMDR with compassion-focused techniques to target the shame, guilt, and self-criticism often associated with moral injury/ trauma.
This presentation explores the core components of moral injury/ trauma using individual narratives, country case studies – including Northern Ireland, and politic disasters such as Hillsborough & Grenfell, as critical narrative. It will explore the distinction between individual and political responses to trauma through the lens of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP).
Specific skills within Compassion-Focussed EMDR therapy (CF-EMDR), will include CF EMDR informed case conceptualisation, psychoeducational frameworks, trauma regulation, strategies, compassion-focussed interweaves, and addressing vicarious traumatisation and self-care.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will consider the core components of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) and how this applies to more vulnerable and complex populations with a specific focus on moral injury and shame-based trauma
2. Participants will explore various theoretical frameworks to explicate the trauma landscape of the client’s lived experience through a moral, and compassion-focussed lens
3. Theoretical, empirical, and clinical case examples will be utilised to underpin knowledge, understanding and application
