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

The Lorenz Clinic, LLC • Chaska, MN

1h • $51,000 - $90,000 • 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 rather than high-volume billing. The program utilizes a cohort model with an interprofessional composition, fostering a rigorous and formative training experience. The fellowship aims to produce psychotherapists skilled in working with a second-order theory of change, using the therapeutic relationship as a vehicle for transformation, and holding clients in genuine depth across seven developmental domains. It is not oriented toward producing competent generalists but rather clinicians with a specific clinical formation goal.

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 specifically: 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).
• 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.
• Practicum 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 they do not yet know.
• 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, monthly PMF seminars, weekly didactic seminars, monthly grand rounds, and monthly case consultations.
• Bring real cases to consultation and use the supervisory relationship as an active collaboration.
• Participate in training groups and demonstrate a willingness to be uncertain and curious.
• Develop clinical judgment under supervision.
• Work with clients in genuine distress.
• Stay curious about what is happening inside a client and inside themselves, even when the relational field is activated, distressing, or uncertain.
• Notice and work with ruptures in the therapeutic alliance.
• Access and utilize their own internal experience during session as clinical information.
• Develop a genuine theory of why, moving past diagnosis to case formulation.
• Understand the developmental narrative as a living structure, active in the room.
• Hold a client through regression without reflexive rescue, referral, or restructuring.
• Develop a formulation-first clinical mind, moving from data through diagnosis through problem formulation through case conceptualization to treatment.

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