April Thompson, LCSW, is a is a clinical social worker currently working as a Military Behavioral Health Social Worker with the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USU) in Bethesda, Maryland. In this capacity, she is responsible for the development and delivery of both live and web-based trainings to military and civilian mental health providers on deployment-related topics.

Ms. Thompson received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA and her Master of Social Work degree from University of Pennsylvania. She completed her internship in Okinawa, Japan with Marine Corps families providing home-based primary prevention services which included parenting support and education.

For over 20 years, Ms. Thompson has specialized in military child and family issues especially in the area of intimate partner violence and family maltreatment prevention, response and treatment. She has worked as a clinical counselor on military bases in Japan, Florida and Hawaii. Prior to joining CDP, Ms. Thompson was a clinical care coordinator overseeing case record quality control and clinical training for counselors working at Navy bases throughout the United States.