Postdoctoral Psychology Fellow

The Lorenz Clinic • Minneapolis, MN

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

This is a one-year, full-time, salaried postdoctoral psychology fellowship at Lorenz Clinic of Family Psychology, an APPIC-listed institution with Couple and Family Psychology as its declared Major Area of Study. The fellowship is designed for individuals who have completed their doctoral training and are seeking a substantive professional home for continued development as clinicians. Lorenz Clinic is a training institution with a clinical practice, emphasizing a relational and systemic approach to psychotherapy. Training is central to the organization's mission, with a well-designed professional development ladder. Fellows are integrated into the organization's trajectory, contributing clinically, supervisorily, and to the training community.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree (PhD or PsyD) in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA-accredited program, completed prior to fellowship start.
• Completed APA-accredited predoctoral internship prior to start.
• Active pursuit of Minnesota LP licensure; full licensure not required at hire.
• Demonstrated training or clinical experience with couples and/or families.
• Ability to work full-time, in person, five days per week with evening availability as caseload requires.
• A doctoral-level psychotherapist who can tolerate not knowing.
• Uses their own relational experience as clinical data.
• Brings genuine uncertainty into supervision rather than managed competence.
• Has been in a supervisory relationship that actually changed how they work — and can describe specifically what that supervisor did and what it was like to receive it.
• Capable of acquiring the clinic's theoretical grammar.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate training with a relational, systemic, or contemporary psychodynamic emphasis.
• Expressed interest in ABPP/CFP board certification.
• Prior supervised experience providing clinical supervision, or genuine interest in the supervisory role.
• Evidence of scholarly or professional engagement with the field.

Responsibilities

• Carry a direct clinical caseload of individuals, couples, families, or groups, developed collaboratively based on background, training interests, and program need.
• Supervise a practicum student, with structured oversight and support for those who name supervision as a training goal.
• Co-facilitate the Post-Master's Fellowship monthly seminar under the guidance of the Associate Training Director, with the goal of designing and facilitating a seminar by year's end.
• Hold a consultation group within the clinic system, learning to read the dynamics of the group as a service and diagnostic instrument.
• Participate in a didactic seminar series, including monthly faculty-led seminars, monthly Grand Rounds, case consultation, and an annual conference.

Benefits

• Employer-sponsored medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Three weeks PTO plus paid holidays.
• Paid CEU allowance.
• Paid burnout time.
• Approximately 100 hours of board-approved continuing education annually.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree