Some wounds go deeper than the mind.
The Seattle Moral Injury Research Institute studies soul harm: the wound to a person’s sense of right and wrong. We bring the healing wisdom of the early Church into conversation with the best of clinical care.
Contact the InstituteWhat we study
Soul harm, the wound beneath the diagnosis
Trauma speaks the language of fear. Soul harm speaks the language of shame, and it asks for a different kind of care.
The core idea
An old tradition that knew wounded souls
The early Church writers saw themselves as physicians of the soul. Their careful art of healing is still available to us today.
November 7
A research workshop on soul harm and healing
Clinicians, clergy and veterans gather on November 7 to help shape this research.
“Therapy without aesthetics is symptom management.Liturgy is the long cure.”
Michael Alfstad, founder
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