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Module 6 — Soul CPR: First Response for a Wounded Soul

Soul CPR gives participants a simple non-clinical first-response sequence for crisis moments: connect, probe, reduce risk, and link. The module focuses on calm direct language, time-and-distance strategies, warm handoffs, and 24-hour safety micro-planning.

Learning objectives

  • Use Soul CPR within a non-clinical first-response scope.

  • Ask directly about self-harm, plan, means, timing, and intent.

  • Create time and distance from lethal means.

  • Build a 24-hour safety micro-plan and warm handoff.

Framework to Target:
•Moral/Soul Injury: Shame, Conscience, Reconciliation
Original: Shay (1994)
Vet Evidence: Litz et al. (2025)


Pillar Integration: Identity / Belonging
Module 3&6: Moral/Soul Injury
Module 5: Narrative Repair
Module 7&8: Belonging/Comm

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