Alison Hendricks, LCSW, is a trainer and consultant who specializes in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), trauma-informed systems, and Secondary Traumatic Stress.  She is a Certified National Trainer for TF-CBT and the Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit, a product of the NCTSN that she helped to revise in 2012.  She worked with the Chadwick Center of Rady Children’s Hospital for nine years, first as a trauma therapist and then as Operations Manager of the Chadwick Trauma-Informed Systems Project.  She provides training and consultation on TF-CBT, trauma-informed care, and Secondary Traumatic Stress to programs across the country.  Alison is the lead author on two workbooks on TF-CBT.  She also specializes in Culturally Modified TF-CBT with a focus on Latino children and families.  She has presented at numerous conferences and has published several journal articles on a wide variety of topics related to childhood trauma.  Alison graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA in Psychology from Columbia University and completed her MSW at Hunter College School of Social Work.  She lives in San Diego with her husband and daughter.