Hi, I’m Dr. April

Dr. April Lightcap, Clinical Psychologist & Perinatal Health Expert

Way back in 2013, I founded a perinatal research center aimed at improving the lifelong physical and socioemotional health of birthing families and their infants. With the help of hundreds of undergraduate and postbaccleareaute research assistants, we accomplished our goal! We employed community-based participatory research practices to develop, evaluate and deliver evidence-based perinatal health promotion services that effectively reduced prenatal stress and increased healthy prenatal behaviors through values-based living. I am pleased to bring my life’s work directy to you via Zoom in fun and super effective birth classes! I can’t wait to meet you and your growing baby!

I earned my Masters degree in Psychology in 2015 and my PhD in Clinical Psychology in 2022 from the University of Oregon. Since 2017, I have served as Chief Clinical Scientist for Motivational Boost, an innovative digital health promotion tool, at the Center for Translational Neuroscience. I am also Co-Owner of a digital health promotion company called True Motif. With our suite of phone apps, we improve health outcomes across a range of life conditions, all by helping folks connect everyday actions with their most dearly held values. I have conducted groundbreaking perinatal health promotion research as part of my doctoral work in clinical psychology at the University of Oregon, but most importantly, I have 3 really cool kids who I love to hang out with. We nerd out and go adventuring all over the Pacific Northwest. All’s good in the April hood!