Erin Frick, Psy.D.
Erin Frick, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist serving as Associate Director of the DoD Child Collaboration Study for the Center for Deployment Psychology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. In this role, she leads a team studying best practices for telehealth, digital tools, and tele-education with healthcare providers and other professionals working with military children and families with mental, emotional, developmental, and/or behavioral needs. Dr. Frick also leads Evidence-Based Psychotherapy (EBP) trainings and is integrally involved in CDP diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Dr. Frick earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Manchester University (formerly Manchester College) in Indiana. She graduated with her master’s degree in mental health counseling from Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Wright State University in Dayton, OH.
Before joining CDP, she worked as a contract psychologist treating active-duty service members at Travis Air Force Base, CA, utilizing multiple EBPs. She has significant experience working in university counseling and community mental health centers. Throughout her career, Dr. Frick’s clinical work has focused on suicide prevention, disseminating and implementing EBPs, developing group therapy services in mental health clinics, ACT, training and supervising staff, mindfulness-based treatments, and assessing and treating trauma-related mental health conditions.