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April Vogel is a licensed psychologist with 30 years of experience in teaching, counseling, research, and assessment. She received her B.A. in Psychology at Stanford University, her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in children and families from the University of Miami, her internship training at Franciscan Children’s Hospital (Boston University), and her post-doctoral training at Johns Hopkins University. Her career has combined a devotion to counseling children, adolescents, and families, with a commitment to publishing scientific research papers and conducting program evaluations. She has worked in a variety of settings including private practice, universities, and independent day schools ranging from preschool to high school. Her research has focused on the long-term effects of in-utero drug exposure on children, the most effective models to engage women who are pregnant and have substance use difficulties into treatment, and the best ways to train case managers to integrate mental health and primary care services.

Since 2019, April has been an Adjunct Faculty member at SWC, facilitating courses for both counseling and art therapy/counseling students enrolled in the Master’s Programs. This opportunity has allowed her to embrace her commitment to “multiple ways of knowing”, and to integrate into her teaching her training in somatic movement, expressive arts therapy, meditation, and dance art/life therapy. A sampling of courses she has taught includes: Applied Theories of Human Development, Research Methods and Program Evaluation, School Counseling, Assessment and Appraisal in Counseling, Family Therapy in Counseling, Psychology of Altruism, and Hermeneutics of Self. Her spiritual practice centers on meditation, yoga, and a deep connection to nature.

Starting in the Fall of 2023, she became a Faculty Mentor for the SWC Ph.D. in Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership Program, serving as a mentor for incoming students, a Self-Directed Study faculty member, and a member of the “Dispositions Review Committee”. This innovative Ph.D. Program matches ideally with her beliefs in partnership leadership models as well as creative methods for transformation, healing, and scholarship. In Fall of 2025, April revised and taught one of the core courses in the VPRL Program entitled “Embodied Cosmology for Inquiry”. April’s passion lies in teaching and mentoring future counselors and scholars who wish to devote themselves to service to others. She currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.