MHS Woodburn Internship Cover Letter

Office of Mental Health Services
Woodburn Center for Community Mental Health
APA-Approved Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship Program

Woodburn Center for Community Mental Health
3340 Woodburn Road
Annandale, Virginia 22003
703-207-7700
703-280-9518 - Fax

June 2, 2008

This is an A.P.A. approved program emphasizing the development of clinical and consultative skills within a community mental health setting. Woodburn Center is the oldest and largest government-operated mental health center serving the populations of Fairfax County, Fairfax City, the City of Falls Church and the Towns of Vienna and Herndon. Fairfax County is an urban county of 400 square miles and one million people. It is the largest political jurisdiction in the Washington, D.C. area, including the city itself.

A description of the program and of the Center is attached. If you are interested in applying for admission, please provide us with:

• a completed A.P.P.I.C. application form,
• a curriculum vitae,
• three letters of reference, two of which should be from clinical supervisors, and
• a transcript of your graduate coursework.

Our period for accepting applications begins on October 1, 2008, and our deadline for receipt of all applications is November 14, 2008. You are encouraged to apply early in this time frame. When we receive your application materials in their entirety, your application will undergo an initial screening. Approximately thirty applicants will be selected for further consideration including an invitation for a personal interview. We regret that telephone interviews cannot be accepted except in extraordinary circumstances.

We will be participating in the A.P.P.I.C./N.M.S. computer matching program. Our program code number is 160311. You can obtain instructions and download the Applicant Agreement form required to register for the Match from the Matching Program web site at www.natmatch.com/psychint. This internship site agrees to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant. Please note that employment with Fairfax County Government is contingent upon passing State and Federal Criminal Background Checks, as well as a Child Protective Services Registry Check.

Thank you for your interest in our program.

Sincerely,

Denise Donatelli, Psy.D.
Director of Clinical Training

 

Related Links

• Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship Program Cover Letter
• APA Approved Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship Program
• Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship Program Description
• Breakdown of Training Time
• The Woodburn Center
• Entire document (45kb .pdf file)