Post-Master's Fellowship — Pre-Licensed Therapist | LMFT / LPCC / LICSW Track

The Lorenz Clinic • Minneapolis, MN

7h • 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 two-year fellowship is designed for clinicians who want the pre-licensure period to be genuinely developmental, focusing on relational, systemic, and developmentally informed psychotherapy. It is not a high-volume billing role, with caseload, supervision, and curriculum structured around the fellow's developmental stage and learning goals rather than productivity targets. The program emphasizes a cohort model, fostering intellectual rigor and collegial richness among fellows from diverse mental health fields. The fellowship aims to produce psychotherapists who can work with a second-order theory of change, use the therapeutic relationship as a vehicle for transformation, and hold clients in genuine depth. This involves developing capacities in staying curious, working with ruptures, accessing internal experience, formulating cases systemically, understanding the developmental narrative, holding clients through regression, and adopting a formulation-first clinical mind. The program requires a genuine orientation towards curiosity, willingness to be uncertain, and an interest in interpersonal dynamics.

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.
• For LICSW-track applicants: a social work degree alone is not sufficient; placements focused primarily on case management, care coordination, or generalist social work services do not meet this requirement.
• Declared licensure track (LICSW, LMFT, or LPCC in Minnesota).
• For social work 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 the start date.
• Placements that were primarily remote or telehealth will not be considered.
• 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.
• Engage actively in supervision, identifying needs, naming observations, and shaping the experience collaboratively.
• Participate in all core training activities, including monthly PMF Seminars, weekly didactic seminars, monthly Grand Rounds, and monthly case consultations.
• Bring real cases to consultation and use supervisory relationships as active collaborations.
• Attend and participate in all required training sessions and seminars.
• Develop clinical judgment under supervision.
• Potentially continue professional development within the Lorenz system, progressing through a formation ladder that extends to clinical management, training leadership, and advanced clinical stewardship.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level