Description
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. 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 in the field. 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.
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.
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, 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.
The Clinic
Lorenz Clinic endeavors to move beyond merely treating symptoms to treating the second-order problems that hold symptoms in place. Few mental health clinics offer trainees the opportunity to work in an applied, outpatient clinic setting alongside colleagues from other disciplines. Practicing at Lorenz Clinic is marked by a high degree of professionalism. The clinic engages in Reflective Practice, which ensures our workplace is conducive to the work itself.
Interprofessional training is the keystone of our system. At any given time, about 20% of the clinicians at Lorenz are involved in training in one way or another. The training program is one of the most selective in Minnesota, with placements ranging from master’s practicum to specialty postdoctoral psychology fellowship.
What You’ll Learn
Lorenz Clinic’s interprofessional training program was founded on the values and competencies of professional psychology. 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.
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:
- Selecting Effective Treatments
- Assessment, including problem & treatment formulation
- Psychotherapeutic Intervention
- Consultation
- Leveraging Supervision
- Teaching Others
- Self-Management & Effectively Working in Organizations
- Advocacy
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. The training experience is constructed such that fellows work with a diversity of issues and clients to maximize learning.
Training Tracks
Fellows are welcome to apply to one of three clinical program tracks:
- Outpatient psychotherapy
- In-home psychotherapy
- Intensive outpatient group psychotherapy
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. Job duties include but are not limited to:
- Provide psychological services including diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, psychotherapy, and discharge planning
- Carry and maintain a psychotherapy caseload as defined by clinic
- Provide individual, couples, group, or family psychotherapy as assigned by supervisor
- Provide Crisis assistance as needed
- Attend and actively participate in supervision, case consultation, and other meetings as required
- Conduct at least two formal, scholarly presentations during the two-year fellowship
- Other duties as assigned
This role is posted in Minneapolis because portions of the role may be performed from there on a hybrid basis at the clinic's option. In-person work is required at one of Lorenz's suburban clinics.
Requirements
- A master’s degree in psychology, clinical counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, Social Work, or similar field from a regionally-accredited academic program
- Successful completion of a clinically-focused, master’s-level practicum or internship
- Must have a stated mental health licensure track in Minnesota and comply with requirements for licensure
Benefits
Full-time fellows enjoy a robust benefits package that includes paid burnout time, paid parental leave time, employer-sponsored medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability insurance. A 401k with employer match is available. Paid time off, paid holidays, and a continuing education allowance round out the offering.
To Apply
Admission to the fellowship is competitive. Lorenz selects candidates based on their potential to positively impact the cohort learning dynamic. 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.
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.
Pre-licensed therapists, unlicensed therapists, or intermediately licensed therapists should especially consider this position. Licensed mental health therapists should instead consider Lorenz's Outpatient Psychotherapist role posted separately.
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