Staff Psychologist Cover Letter

I am excited to be applying for the position of staff psychologist. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for evidence-based outpatient clinical care to children and adolescents, including dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) and/or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Solid assessment, analytical, clinical, and documentation skills
• Able to communicate well and build rapport quickly with students, coaches, adminstrators and other staff
• Committed to collaborate to meet the mental health and team building needs of our student-athletes and sport programs
• Committed to confidentiality regulated by university, state, and federal rules and regulations
• Experience in a university counseling setting and/or experience in areas strongly related to mental health needs in a college population (i.e., eating disorders, anxiety disorder, depressive disorders, personality disorders)
• Generalist base of knowledge and experience in psychotherapy (i.e., theories, processes, and elements of therapeutic change) and familiarity with developmental and other non-medical models of treatment and supervision
• Skills, knowledge, and experience specifically focused on the needs of students of color, students from indigenous communities, LGBTQA students, international students, students from diverse religious affiliations, student with disabilities, undocumented students, and/or first generation college students on a university campus
• Experience in providing psychoeducational workshops relevant to the campus community

In response to your job posting for staff psychologist, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for general psychological and behavioral services to individual patients and families on designated units as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Be licensed or license-eligible in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Previous training and experience in a college or university counseling center
• Well-developed counseling and crisis intervention skills
• A collaborative spirit of warmth, acceptance, respect, and trust towards colleagues
• The energy to flexibly manage the professional demands of a challenging caseload while maintaining positive and healthy perspectives and relationships
• A self-motivated, self-directed commitment to high professional ideals
• Experience or interest in collaborating with NCAA department to provide sport performance enhancement services for cadet-athletes
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In response to your job posting for staff psychologist, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for direct clinical service including psychological evaluations, consultations, and treatment services to children with feeding, developmental, and behavioral problems.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Experience with psychoeducational assessment
• Experience with biofeedback
• Skills with technology (Word, Titanium, webpage development)
• Experience as a clinician in the treatment of college students
• Understanding of the legal complexities associated with college counseling
• Experience in a college counseling center setting
• Strong clinical psychotherapeutic skills
• Demonstrated commitment to and experience with diversity and inclusion

I would like to submit my application for the staff psychologist opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for consultation to other care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental health, health psychology and behavioral medicine.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Commitment, experience and familiarity with programming and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) students
• Experience providing crisis assessment and interventions with a wide range of clinical populations
• Experience providing clinical supervision to practicum students/interns
• Experience in the development and provision of mental health educational initiatives specific to the needs of a diverse university student population
• Commitment, experience and familiarity with developing and implementing outreach programming and experience with and proficiency in managing a student peer education program
• Engages in targeted outreach efforts and provides psychoeducational
• Specific areas of expertise and experience relevant to a diverse college student population (e.g., multicultural issues)
• Attach a list of at least three professional references

In response to your job posting for staff psychologist, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for consultation services with Teachers and Teacher assistants on behavioral interventions, data collection, and psychological / psychiatric conditions.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Current license as a psychologist or LICSW in Massachusetts
• Interest in the application and integration of social justice in counseling center work
• Strong student service orientation
• Current license as a psychologist in Massachusetts (or licensed in another state and license-eligible in Massachusetts within 4 months)
• Demonstrated experience facilitating trainings and discussion in multicultural counseling and related topics
• Maintain ethical/professional conduct and interaction with all University community
• Interest in the integration of technology in psychological practice
• Interest and knowledge regarding group counseling in university psychological services