Allison Hannah, MSW, LCSW, is a Military Behavioral Health Social Worker for the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. She assists in the implementation and expansion of the Star Behavioral Health Providers Program (SBHP). SBHP trains civilian behavioral health providers to work with service members, veterans, and their families. The mission is to expand the availability of high-quality behavioral health services, especially for those in the reserve components.

Allison is a veteran of the United States Army and United States Army Reserves. During Allison’s time in the military from 2003 through 2016, she served in various occupation specialties as a bridgecrew member, chaplain assistant, and most recently as a Human Resources Officer. While serving in the active duty component, Allison deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2009-2011. She also held additional duties during her tenure training service members in suicide prevention and as a victim advocate with the Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) program.

Allison received her Bachelor of Social Work from University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN in 2007 and her Master of Social Work from Loyola University Chicago in 2015. Allison is currently pursuing her Doctor of Social Work from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Allison’s previous clinical work includes positions in community mental health, the Iowa City Health Care System in the Homeless Veteran Program and with the Defense Health Agency within the Child and Family Behavioral Health Services section at an active-duty Army base. Allison is trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and is a Registered Play Therapist^™ specializing in using evidence-based approaches to address trauma, adjustment and attachment related disorders.