LICSW Track

The Lorenz Clinic•Chaska, MN

8h•Hybrid

About The Position

Lorenz Clinic of Family Psychology is offering a nationally recognized, full-time, paid psychotherapy training position for pre-licensed mental health clinicians pursuing LICSW, LMFT, or LPCC licensure in Minnesota. This is a two-year fellowship designed for clinicians who want the pre-licensure period to be genuinely developmental, not merely a grind toward supervised hours. The program focuses on relational, systemic, and developmentally informed psychotherapy and is structured around the fellow's developmental stage and learning goals rather than productivity targets. The fellowship follows a cohort model, intentionally composed of clinicians from counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, and psychology. The program is rigorous and aims to produce psychotherapists who can work with a second-order theory of change, use the therapeutic relationship as a vehicle of transformation, and hold clients in genuine depth.

Requirements

Master's degree in psychology, clinical counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, or closely related field from a regionally accredited program.
Successful completion of a clinically focused master's-level practicum or internship where individual psychotherapy (including diagnosis, treatment planning, and ongoing therapeutic work) was the primary activity.
LICSW-track applicants must hold a current, non-provisional LGSW before the start date.
Completed master's-level practicum totaling at least 9-12 months of clinic-based formation where outpatient psychotherapy was the primary focus, prior to start date.
Demonstrated track record of sequential, scaffolded clinical learning aimed at a career as a psychotherapist.
Curiosity about what is not yet known.
Openness to feedback that requires growth.
Orientation toward the profession as a vocation rather than a credential.

Nice To Haves

Prior preparation in systems thinking, group relations, or relational and psychodynamic intervention models.
Bilingual candidates are strongly preferred.
Demonstrated commitment to the profession and the common good.

Responsibilities

Provide psychotherapeutic services to a variety of clients under direct supervision.
Carry an active caseload of approximately 12–18 clients, built gradually during the first months of the fellowship.
Engage actively in the program's structures, including supervision, seminars, and case consultations.
Bring real cases to consultation and use the supervisory relationship as an active collaboration.
Participate in training groups, even when uncomfortable.
Develop clinical judgment under supervision.
Stay curious about internal client and self experiences, even when the relational field is activated, distressing, or uncertain.
Notice and work with ruptures in the therapeutic alliance.
Access and utilize own internal experience during session as clinical information.
Develop case formulations that explain what keeps producing the problem, grounded in the client's relational and developmental history.
Understand the client's history as a pattern active in the room.
Hold a client through regression without reflexive rescue, referral, or restructuring.
Practice a formulation-first clinical mind, moving from data through diagnosis to treatment planning.

Benefits

Student loan repayment program
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Life insurance and short- and long-term disability insurance
401(k) with employer matching
Healthcare Savings Account (HSA)
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Paid Burnout Time (a structured protected leave benefit separate from standard PTO)
Paid service/volunteer time
Flexible scheduling; hybrid options available
Licensing exam preparation support
Professional development assistance
Employee assistance program