Launched on – 22nd May 2026

The first book for non-clinicians to explain what moral injury is, how it affects all of us, and how we can learn to heal, informed by two decades of clinical work and enriched with stories of lived experience.

Testimonials

Dom is an expert in his field of practice. He is a practitioner who through both his heart and mind makes significant and life-changing impacts on those who have the good fortune to be under his care. … Dom’s deep understanding of the role and impact that moral injury plays in the psychological experiences of his clients is at a level that I rarely see.

Dr Jacqueline M Drew, Associate Professor, Griffith University

Dom has an incredible talent for giving first responders a language for their experiences of trauma and moral injury. He changes people’s lives simply through his words, enabling people to make sense of their lives and their struggles. To feel understood is truly a gift that Dom bestows through his work and years of clinical experience in the field of trauma.

Tara Lal, Firefighter, mental health researcher, speaker and author of' Standing on my Brother's Shoulders - Making Peace with Grief and Suicide;

Dom is an expert in his field of practice. He is a practitioner who through both his heart and mind makes significant and life-changing impacts on those who have the good fortune to be under his care. … Dom’s deep understanding of the role and impact that moral injury plays in the psychological experiences of his clients is at a level that I rarely see.
Dr Jacqueline M Drew, Associate Professor, Griffith University

Dom has an incredible talent for giving first responders a language for their experiences of trauma and moral injury. He changes people’s lives simply through his words, enabling people to make sense of their lives and their struggles. To feel understood is truly a gift that Dom bestows through his work and years of clinical experience in the field of trauma.
Tara Lal, Firefighter, mental health researcher, speaker and author of’ Standing on my Brother’s Shoulders – Making Peace with Grief and Suicide

About the Author

Dominic Hilbrinkis a social worker who has worked as a therapist specializing in the area of trauma for over 20 years. He has collaborated on published research on the effects of trauma and its treatment, and contributed his expertise to published volumes on traumatic stress and moral injury.

For many years, he worked as the clinical lead in Australia’s first and longest-running treatment program for occupational trauma and PTSD, where he developed a comprehensive model of traumatic stress that addresses the complexity and often under-recognized sources of injury to improve mental health and quality-of-life outcomes for veterans, first responders and others. In his current role for a non-profit organization, he draws on his experience of treating psychological injuries to inform innovative wellbeing, resilience and preventative health programs for first responders.