April Thompson, LCSW, is the Associate Director of Special Projects for the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland. In that capacity, she is responsible for coordinating with stakeholders across the Department of Defense to develop trainings in response to identified needs. Prior to joining CDP, she worked for the Office of Secretary of Defense within the Military Community and Family Policy component leading the Department’s training efforts on prevention and response to domestic abuse and child abuse.

Ms. Thompson received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Pepperdine University and her Master of Social Work degree from University of Pennsylvania. For over 20 years, she has specialized in work with military members and their families. As both a military spouse and clinical social worker, Ms. Thompson is deeply committed to ensuring military service members and their families receive evidence-based, high quality behavioral health care. She has provided services to Army, Navy and Marine Corps families on installations within the US and overseas. Her professional expertise focuses on military culture, suicide prevention, couples and family therapy, and prevention of intimate partner violence and child abuse.