Combining clinical expertise with systems thinking, we are united by a commitment to addressing complex organisational challenges and creating safer, stronger, and more effective workplaces.
Our Team
Dr Sara Quinn
Dr Sara Quinn is a clinical psychologist with extensive experience across clinical, organisational, leadership, and government contexts. She has worked in senior roles within complex public sector environments, led psychological services and multidisciplinary teams, and supported people working under sustained pressure in high-demand, high-stakes settings.
Sara brings key expertise in organisational risk, leadership, and trauma, with a strong interest in how systems, culture, and decision-making shape both performance and wellbeing. Her work is grounded in both clinical practice and real-world leadership experience, giving her a nuanced understanding of the challenges that arise when people, governance, and organisational complexity intersect.
Alongside her clinical work, Sara has held a broad range of leadership, teaching, and governance roles, including private practice owner, board director and chair, postgraduate lecturer, researcher, and supervisor. She has significant experience working at the intersection of strategy, governance, workforce capability, and mental health, and is particularly skilled at translating psychological science into practical, credible guidance for leaders, teams, and organisations.
Sara is also an experienced trainer of mental health professionals and other workforces, equipping clinicians and leaders with evidence-based approaches to working in complex, high-risk, and emotionally demanding contexts. She has held national leadership positions, including President of the Australian Psychological Society and Chair of Scientific Programs within a Federal agency, and has contributed to scientific, strategic, and governance initiatives across professional and government settings.
Founder
Dr Victoria Thomas
Dr Victoria Thomas is a registered psychologist with experience working across clinical, organisational, research, and government contexts, including within Federal agencies. She has worked with individuals, teams, and high-risk occupational groups, supporting those exposed to complex, high-demand, and often morally challenging environments.
Victoria brings particular expertise in trauma and moral injury, with a strong focus on how these experiences emerge within organisational systems and impact both wellbeing and performance. Her work is grounded in a deep understanding of the interaction between individual experience, role demands, and broader structural and cultural factors, allowing her to provide nuanced insight into psychosocial and moral risk.
In addition to her clinical practice, Victoria has a strong research and measurement background. She recently completed a Clinical PhD at the Australian National University, where her research advanced the understanding of moral injury beyond military contexts. This included the development and validation of the Occupational Moral Injury Scale (OMIS), a tool designed to assess moral injury risk across diverse occupational settings. Her work has been published internationally in peer-reviewed journals and contributes to the growing evidence base in this emerging field.
Victoria’s professional experience spans frontline clinical work, government service, and applied research, with a focus on the translation of complex psychological concepts into practical, accessible insights. She brings a thoughtful and grounded clinical perspective to her work, with a strong focus on understanding how individual experience and organisational systems interact.
Founder
Through the ETHOS Institute, Sara and Victoria bring together clinical expertise, leadership experience, and advanced research to bridge the gap between science and practice. Together, they support organisations to better understand and address psychosocial and moral injury risk, strengthen the systems that underpin safe and high-performing workplaces, and create the conditions for people and organisations to flourish.