Dr. Sherie Friedrich, PsyD, is chief psychology officer at MediTelecare, where she has focused on the growth and development of the Department of Psychology. Dr. Friedrich has worked in psychiatric hospitals, community mental health settings, and in private and group practice, and has also worked as a psychological consultant conducting comprehensive evaluations for state and private institutions. Dr. Friedrich is passionate about leading initiatives toward ambulatory behavioral health care for aging populations. Dr. Friedrich completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at the University of New Hampshire and received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University. She completed an APA internship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NYC, working with adult patients on a long-term secure psychiatric unit. Additional training experiences include a formal Postdoctoral Fellowship at Seacoast Mental Health Center and a one-year advanced Psychotherapy Fellowship at Boston Psychoanalytic Institute.
For those patients discharged from a long-term care facility back into the community, provider teams must work to ensure continuity of care is preserved and that patients receive the same quality and level of care in their homes as they did while in an institutional setting