April C. Byers

April has been a Registered Psychologist since 2004 and is currently in private practice. She trained as a Family Mediator through the Legal Education Society of Alberta. She holds a B.Sc. in Psychology, an M.Sc. in Neuroscience and has also completed postgraduate work in the areas of Neuropsychology, Complex Trauma, Social Justice, Educational Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Rehabilitation and Disability Studies. She has extensive training in assessment and psychotherapy and works with children, adults and families. She is registered in both Alberta and British Columbia.

Her initial training was in neuropsychological and mental health assessment. She later branched into psycho-educational assessment as well as assessment of trauma and addictions. She has expertise in neural plasticity and recovery of function, attention and memory, concussion and brain injury, intellectual disability, developmental trauma, post-traumatic stress, learning disabilities, ADHD, dysregulated behaviour, addictions, and mood disorders. She was the Executive Director for the Southern Alberta Brain Injury Society and was successful in obtaining significant annual funding for non-profit organizations who serve Albertans living with brain injury.

April has worked in many capacities and settings over the years including hospital, community, rehabilitation, school settings and private practice. More recently she has worked with veterans and their families, indigenous persons, survivors of complex trauma, school-age children, teachers and administrators as well as post-secondary students with mental health and/or learning disabilities.

April has also worked with families and parents for Family Justice Services both as a Family Mediator and as a clinician for 10 years and was involved in a voluntary capacity for the provincial initiative, Reformulation of Family Justice Services for 5 years. April has taught courses, delivered seminars, or presented locally as well as internationally. She can be heard on the CBC’s_ A_l_b_e_r_t_a@n_o_o_n _show as a guest speaker at times throughout the year, addressing topics related to relationships and families.

Due to her strong interest in neuropsychotherapy, she has undertaken additional training and certifications in brain therapy modalities over the past decade, including neurostimulation, neurofeedback, photobiomodulation and wearable technologies. She recently launched “NeuroThrive Networks Inc” to increase research for, and education about adaptive brain and mental health technologies and to increase awareness of the public, professionals, and professionals-in-training about the benefits of neurotherapies. Ultimately, her hope is to shift the orientation of brain and mental health services to a collaborative, interdisciplinary, strengths-based, and proactive approach that honours and safeguards the dignity and quality of life of individuals, while also increasing the accessibility to affordable and adaptive brain and mental health services.

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