Post-Master's Fellowship (Pre-Licensed Therapist)

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Applications are open for Lorenz Clinic's 2026 Post-Master's Fellowship, a nationally recognized, rigorous, full-time, paid psychotherapy training position for pre-licensed clinicians seeking LICSW, LMFT, or LPCC licensure in Minnesota. Each year, a small cohort of fellows-selected from over a thousand applicants nationwide-joins us to train in relational, systemic, and developmentally informed psychotherapy, the kind of depth work that prioritizes enduring change over symptom management. Roughly half of our fellows relocate from across the country to participate, while the rest come from leading graduate programs in the region.

Graduated! Now what?

Graduating your master's program is an exciting time filled with mixed hope and uncertainty. The idealism and zeal for learning is met with the complexity of the clinical landscape and licensing requirements. You're 'thrown from the nest' of your graduate program, and while you're prepared for what's next, you're often left to cobble together work experiences and supervision that count for licensure. The worst case scenario is finding yourself in a role where it's all about work- where the first thing that goes out the window is your learning. This is why our fellowship exists.

Everything in One Spot

What if you could find a job that included most of your supervision? A role in an interprofessional clinic where you could learn from other professions, not just your own? A role that isn't just a job but part of a training program where you could be part of a learning cohort with other folks at your same licensure stage? What if that role was salaried, with a steady, predictable paycheck, not variable gig work? A position where you didn't have to worry about having enough of the right type of clients and had the autonomy to choose your caseload. What if there was a position that was about your learning, not just churning out billable hours?

Lorenz Clinic pioneered post-master's fellowships in Minnesota, and it's a model that's now been replicated the field over. The advent of a training placement- not just work experience- where professional counselors, marriage & family therapists, and clinical social workers would be freed up to do what they went to school for has been truly innovative. At the time of its inception, our fellowship was relatively novel in the region, and we consider it to be our clinic's main contribution to the field.

Lifelong Benefits

Here, our alumni found fellowship. They learned what the words "colleague" and "professionalism" mean. They've discovered their professional callings and have deepened their sense of community. They encountered supervisors who supported and challenged them, reflecting back to them who they were as budding clinicians, calibrating their sense of professional self and introducing them to the field.

As Bowlby said about formative relationships, "these bonds persist." Our graduates have carried with them a truly distinctive network whose members now include some of the most well-respected leaders on the regional mental healthcare scene. They've made good on academia's pact with society- that university should be a means to change the world, not an exercise in personal enrichment. Our graduates have founded their own clinics, greatly expanded client access, become policy leaders, or led professional associations. And they trace their roots to this very program you are considering at Lorenz.

Our Post-Master's Fellowship is a position designed to help amplify your learning and get licensed. The fellowship follows a cohort model so that you can leverage a group of interprofessional peers to further your learning. The program's myriad benefits aren't easily reduced to a bulleted list, soundbite, or tweet, so we encourage you to learn more about the program by visiting our website.

This is a full-time, salaried, W2, benefits-eligible, in-person role.

About Lorenz Clinic

Lorenz Clinic is on a mission to heal the world one relationship at a time-not by being the biggest, but by being the best. Founded around a dining room table, we've grown into a regional leader in clinical services and training, pioneering the first Family Psychology specialty clinic in the North and launching Minnesota's first organized Post-Master's Fellowships.

We don't just treat symptoms-we aim to treat the second-order dynamics that hold them in place. That ethos is baked into everything we do : from our commitment to systemic and relational models of care to our identity as a clinician-led, training-intensive environment. At any given time, about 20% of our staff is engaged in training or supervision, which brings intellectual vitality and a spirit of growth to our workplace. Our training program is one of the most selective in Minnesota, with a 5% acceptance rate, and includes everything from master's practicum to postdoctoral psychology fellowships.

Our team is composed of professionals from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds, united by a shared belief in reflective, relational care. We value social obligation, excellence, and long-term impact. We take pride in a culture where clinicians want to be-where high ideals are matched by real support.

To ensure clinicians can do their best work, Lorenz has implemented a clinically relevant wellness roadmap that prioritizes autonomy, workload balance, equity, social connection, and meaningful actualization of our values. This is supported by Reflective Practice, a cornerstone of our workplace culture that fosters professional development and systemic insight-not just clinical competence.

We think big but act local. Thirty years from now, Lorenz aims to be one of the premier family institutes in the world. Our alumni will be the field's future leaders-infusing systems thinking, reflective practice, and relational intervention into mental health for generations to come.

If you want to practice at a clinic where training is sacred, systems thinking is embedded, and long-term impact matters, Lorenz might be your next home.

What You'll Learn

Lorenz Clinic's interprofessional training program was founded on the values and competencies of professional psychology as well as a systemic epistemology. The clinic seeks to develop effective interventionists judged by their ability to create change. Graduates leave with a deep professional network and the ability to work both independently and on interdisciplinary treatment teams. The fellowship provides invaluable client hours needed for licensure while ensuring the pre-licensure period is focused on professional development, not just working.

Fellowship activities are intentionally targeted to provide training in the following foundational areas :

• Professionalism
• Ethical, Legal, & Policy Issues
• Individual & Cultural Diversity
• Relationships
• Scientific Knowledge
• Reflective Practice
• Interdisciplinary Systems & Interprofessional Collaboration

Additionally, the fellowship helps clinicians develop their skills in the following functional areas :

The Lorenz system is particularly well suited to relationally- and systemically-minded clinicians who want to learn more about leveraging the interpersonal process to bring about change. Lorenz Clinic sees the spectrum of mental health issues across all walks of life. The training experience is constructed such that fellows work with a diversity of issues and clients to maximize learning. The practice enjoys deep, special relationships with referring clinics that have grown to trust the clinic to deliver a high level of interprofessional collaboration and specialized consultation.

Note : training outcomes are aspirational and not guaranteed, as they are a function of myriad factors including trainees' prior preparation, learning goals, personality traits, commitment to learning, openness, flexibility, and so on.

Training Tracks

At times, fellows may adopt a blended caseload across programs to extend development, depending on their stated learning goals and supervisor competence. Individual cases are assigned based on a multitude of factors including trainees' preparation, individualized learning goals, supervisor competencies, client goodness of fit, and community need. The clinic enjoys a strong referral base and waitlist, which allows for some choice in client ages and presenting concerns. While there is freedom to choose case types based on individualized learning goals, the program strongly believes specialization is best suited to later developmental stages and that the most well-rounded graduates are those who gained early experience with a diversity of clients.

The Role

Post-Master's fellows function in an applied, clinical role providing psychotherapeutic services to a variety of clients. The Post-Master's Fellowship is designed for pre-licensed Mental Health Practitioners who are qualified as Clinical Trainees to provide psychotherapy and related Children's Therapeutic Services and Supports (CTSS) services on an outpatient or in-home basis, depending on assigned clinical program track. Post-Master's Fellows operate under the direct supervision of their Treatment Supervisor, with adjective supervision provided by Clinical Supervisors and program management. Fellows are considered trainees in clinic policy.

Job duties include but are not limited to :

Requirements

Requirements

The most successful candidates will have evidenced a track record of sequential, scaffolded learning experiences aimed at a career as a psychotherapist . Interpersonally secure, open, flexible, curious, candidates will likely experience the best training outcomes. Candidates with the potential to have a positive impact on the profession itself will be given higher consideration.

The position requirements include :

Benefits

Full-time fellows enjoy a robust benefits package that includes :

The main benefits of the fellowship relate to learning . Key learning experiences include :

As an active training clinic, most clinicians at Lorenz earn about 100 hours per year of board-approved continuing education just from showing up to work. The clinic hosts an annual conference, monthly grand rounds, and four hours per month of case consultation with a specialist.

Above all, adding Lorenz Clinic to your resume is a distinctive badge of professionalism and quality recognized the region over. For the past decade and a half, Lorenz has been known as the psychotherapist's clinic, one of the few practices many clinicians would entrust with their career or in many cases, their own family.

For an unabridged job description or more information about our benefits including student loan repayment program, please contact human resources.

Compensation

The hiring range for this role is $51,000 - $90,000 per year, which is based on qualifications, chosen caseload, program fit, and the candidate's program choice. While other clinics tout big salaries based on monster caseload sizes for supervisees, Lorenz has intentionally designed this as a training fellowship to allow for development, depth, process, reflection, and relational engagement rather than high volume throughput. This is a W2, salaried role, which means your paycheck would be the same, steady, predictable amount. Pay-for-performance compensation models are available at candidates' election. Fellowship alumni are often invited on staff following successful completion of the fellowship.

To Apply

Admission to the fellowship is competitive. Lorenz selects candidates based on their potential to positively impact the cohort learning dynamic, advance the profession, and benefit society at large, among other factors. Prior preparation in systems thinking, group theory, relational intervention are strongly preferred. To apply for this position, submit your CV and a cover letter to the attention of the Training Committee via the online job portal for the chosen clinic location. In addition to your suitability for the position, cover letters should broadly outline your training goals, track preference, commitment to the common good, and a brief narrative of your experience providing psychotherapy. Applications not accompanied by a cover letter will be deemed incomplete. Applicants who are invited to interview may be asked to provide writing samples, references, or a letter of recommendation from a past clinical supervisor. Preference will also be given to bilingual candidates, as expanding access for the underserved is an integral part of the clinic's mission.

Individual & Cultural Diversity

Lorenz Clinic is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Pre-licensed therapists, unlicensed therapists, or intermediately licensed therapists such as Licensed Graduate Social Workers (LGSW), Nationally Certified Counselors (NCC), or Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapists (LAMFT) should especially consider this position. Licensed mental health therapists such as LPCC, LMFT, or LICSW should instead consider Lorenz's Outpatient Psychotherapist role posted separately, as this is a pre-licensed training fellowship. Search terms : play therapy, family therapy, individual and group counseling, process group, couples therapy, marriage therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT), attachment theory, reflective supervision, master of psychology, master of arts, master of social work (MSW), mental health therapist, clinical trainee, mental health practitioner, mental health, therapist, Pre licensed therapist, therapist mental health, LGSW, counselor, psychotherapist, trauma therapist, family therapist, child therapist, children's mental health, find clinical supervisor, outpatient psychotherapist, outpatient psychology.

More information about the fellowship can be found on the clinic's website :

Salary Description

$51,000 - $90,000 Annually