About Alli Herberhold, MSW
Alli holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work from Washington University's Brown School. Alli’s lived experience being exposed and taught hate has been a catalyst to motivate her commitment to empowering people to leave radical groups and violence prevention. She utilizes a combination of personal experience, BTAM, 12-Step Model knowledge, and her Clinical
Social Work background to best help those she works with.
Since 2021, she has dedicated hundreds of hours to independent research on school shootings and mass violence attacks, searching for patterns, signs, and interventions to prevent future violence. October 24, 2022, a school shooting at CVPA occurred claiming 2 innocent lives less than half a mile from her childhood home. Unfortunately, school shootings have become so prevalent she has ties to incidents outside of Missouri, too. This inspired her to begin to dedicate her life to the prevention of more shootings.
Alli is passionate about the success of early intervention and rehabilitation for at-risk young people. She has seen the positive impact on families, individuals, and communities when a person is led off the pathway to violence.
Experience, Training & Skills
Experience
Allizandra works as an exit interventionist and provides case management to adults and adolescents experiencing psychosis, suicidal or homicidal ideation in an acute psychiatric hospital.
During her time working at in-patient facilities, she has worked with hundreds of violent convicted felons, their families and the justice system. Her experience has shown her the importance of early intervention and how it can steer a person off the pathway to violence.
Training
Alli is trained in Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM), Digital Threat Assessment, and BTAM for Autistic Clients. She has done independent research and case studies on mass shootings. Alli has extensive training in suicide prevention and intervention. She has been trained in safety planning, counseling access to lethal means, and how to discuss homicidal ideation with adolescents.​
Speaking engagements she has been invited to:
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Interviewed for a documentary about the rise of anti-semitism and radicalization
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Spoke on a panel for 360 Perspectives on how to build resiliency when facing extremism
Relevant trainings Alli has attended:
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Violence Prevention Network's RESTORE training
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Countering Discrimination, Hate and Extremism in Tech Industry and Gaming Policy
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How Online Radicalized Communities Fuel Individuals on The Pathway to Violence
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Campus Threat Assessment & Management: A Systematic Approach to Identifying, Assessing, & Managing Threatening Behavior
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Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management for Autistic Clients
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Rhetoric-Inspired Violent Extremist Training
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The Lives, Minds, and Motivations of Mass Attackers
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Threats Toward Public Figures and Institutions
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Behavioral Intervention and Threat Teams in the Workplace
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Preventing Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations
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Workplace Violence and De-Escalation Techniques
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Fighting Against Radicalization: How to De-Radicalize Young Men Around the World
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Basic Digital Threat Assessment
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Counseling Access to Lethal Means (CALM)
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From Grief to Grievance: Life, Love, Loss, and Lessons Learned