Training Director

The Lorenz Clinic, LLC•Minneapolis, MN

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is for an experienced clinician who has a passion for supervising early-career professionals and a deep interest in the conditions that foster the development of skilled psychotherapists. The ideal candidate is someone who has observed the limitations of traditional training environments and is seeking a place that prioritizes genuine professional formation over mere credentialing. The Training Director will be instrumental in shaping and advancing the clinic's unique approach to psychotherapy training, contributing to its intellectual and clinical architecture. Lorenz Clinic is a private outpatient practice and psychotherapy training institute dedicated to developing clinicians through a coherent body of clinical and organizational thinking, drawing on established theories of developmental psychology and group dynamics. The clinic emphasizes a 'holding environment' for clinicians, enabling them to better support clients. The Training Director will steward the Post-Master's Fellowship, a highly selective, two-year program for master's-level clinicians, focusing on developmental formation rather than just licensure hour accumulation. This is a leadership role with significant influence on program design and institutional direction, working in close collaboration with the CEO.

Requirements

Doctoral degree in psychology or a related field (PhD or PsyD) from a regionally accredited program.
Independent clinical licensure in Minnesota or documented eligibility — LP (Licensed Psychologist) or LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) at the independent practice level.
Experience providing clinical supervision to pre-licensed clinicians in a psychotherapy setting.
Grounding in systemic and relational models of psychotherapy — structural, intrapsychic, or relational systems orientations all welcome.

Nice To Haves

Board certification or active pursuit of board certification in Couple and Family Psychology (ABPP/CFP).
Experience designing and facilitating graduate-level clinical seminars or training programs.
Demonstrated engagement with the supervision literature — Falender, Watkins, Bernard and Goodyear, or equivalent.
Familiarity with group relations theory, experiential group learning, or the Tavistock tradition.
Experience in community-based or outpatient private practice settings.
Bilingual candidates are strongly encouraged.

Responsibilities

Steward the developmental arc of the Post-Master's Fellowship cohort across the full two-year formation sequence, calibrated to each cohort's developmental stage.
Lead and coordinate individual and group supervision structures within the Fellowship, ensuring supervision functions as a distinct professional discipline.
Maintain and strengthen consultation processes organized around the clinic's formulation-first method.
Design and facilitate the monthly PMF Seminar, integrating theory with lived practice, holding group process and tone as curriculum, and scaffolding professional identity formation.
Work with live group dynamics, reading what is happening between people in real time, holding the cohort as a system, and using here-and-now process as a developmental resource.
Protect the intellectual coherence of the training program against institutional drift.
Evaluate fellow development and hold expectations with clarity and appropriate authority.
Collaborate as a peer with other Associate Training Directors and with operational leadership.
Coordinate with the CEO on fellow hiring, program design, and long-term development of the training architecture.
Contribute to the clinic's broader intellectual community, including grand rounds, invited speakers, cross-program consultation, and research/publication programs.

Benefits

The fellowship is among the most selective pre-licensure programs in the country, receiving over 1,400 applications annually for a small cohort.
About half of fellows relocate nationally to participate.
Fellows receive 8 hours per month of professional supervision — 4 with a doctorally prepared psychologist, 4 with a professional supervisor.
Monthly full-day PMF seminar covering all 16 APA Competency Benchmark domains.
Weekly didactic seminar shared with doctoral interns.
Monthly grand rounds.
Monthly specialist case consultation.
Fellows earn approximately 100 hours of board-approved continuing education annually simply by participating in the program.
Supervision hours count toward Minnesota licensure requirements.
Many of the clinic's current supervisors and senior clinicians are PMF alumni.
Recent invited speakers have included Drs. Froma Walsh, Mac Baird, Irvin Yalom, Bruce Perry, Pauline Boss, Sue Johnson, Mary Catherine Bateson, Harry Aponte, and Carol Falender.
The Training Director inherits a program with strong bones, a national reputation, and a leadership team actively investing in its next chapter.