RANGELEY — Alyson Byard, licensed clinical social worker, will be joining Rangeley Family Medicine and Strong Area Health Center to provide behavioral health services.

Byard brings experience working with people of all ages at school, home and outpatient settings. She obtained her master’s degree in social work at the University of Maine, and undergraduate degree in psychology at University of Maine, Farmington.

In Rangeley, Byard will be joining Dr. Burton Knapp as well as a new provider, Taylor Butterfield, PA, who will be moving to the practice in September. In Strong, she will be working with Dr. Ann Schwink and Madelyn Besse, PA, as well as the dental staff.

The two health centers serve close to 5,000 residents of Avon, New Vineyard, Phillips, Strong, Madrid, Magalloway, Rangeley, Sandy River and surrounding areas.