Erin Frick, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist and Military Behavioral Health Psychologist at the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Frick 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. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Manchester University (formerly Manchester College) in Indiana.

Dr. Frick first joined CDP in 2014 as an Evidence-Based Psychotherapy (EBP) champion consultant working at Travis AFB in Fairfield, California, where she served as an advocate for evidence-based mental health treatment utilization, provided consultation services, engaged in clinic process improvement, and developed toolkits designed to expand access to and availability of evidence-based psychotherapies.

Prior to coming to CDP, she worked as a contract psychologist treating active duty military members at Travis AFB utilizing EBPs to include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure (including the use of Virtual Reality Therapy), and Cognitive Behavioral Couples Therapy for PTSD. Before this, she worked primarily in university counseling centers and community mental health. Over the course of her career, Dr. Frick’s clinical work has focused on developing group therapy services in mental health clinics, training and supervising staff, mindfulness-based treatment, and the assessment and treatment of trauma-related mental health conditions.