How Are YOU Doing? The Effects of the 2024 Election on Health Providers Working with the LGBTQ Community
Presenter: Lisa Diamond, PhD
Date: October 27, 2026 | 2:00 PM MST
Format: Live, interactive synchronous webinar | 1 hour
Content Level: Beginner
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health Providers
CE Credits: 1 continuing education credit
Course Description
Much of the conversation about the mental health effects of the 2024 election has focused on LGBTQ clients — but what about the providers supporting them? This one-hour live training turns the lens toward the clinicians themselves, presenting findings from the only existing national study to assess how the 2024 election has affected health providers working with LGBTQ individuals and their families, including providers of gender-affirming care.
Drawing from this timely research, Dr. Diamond will explore the double burden facing many providers right now: managing significant changes in their own mental health since the election while simultaneously holding space for the distress of LGBTQ clients. The data reveal elevated rates of burnout among health providers in this space — and also point toward meaningful protective strategies. Social support and connection emerge as key moderating factors, both in overall life and specifically within the workplace, offering clinicians concrete and actionable pathways toward greater resilience and sustainability.
This training is grounded in the core social work values of dignity and worth, the importance of human relationships, and a commitment to social justice — affirming that provider wellbeing is not a luxury but a clinical and ethical imperative, and that caring for oneself is inseparable from caring for others.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this training, attendees will be able to:
Describe the unique vulnerabilities and challenges facing health providers working with LGBTQ populations in the wake of the 2024 election, including the double burden of personal mental health impact and client distress management.
Identify signs and risk factors for burnout among health providers working with LGBTQ individuals and their families in the current political climate.
Apply research findings on protective strategies by evaluating and implementing approaches to bolster provider resilience, including social connectedness in personal life and the workplace.
Cultural Sensitivity
This training explicitly addresses the influence of political context, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, and socioeconomic status on the experiences of both LGBTQ clients and the providers who serve them. Participants are invited to examine their own responses to the current political climate — including grief, fear, hypervigilance, and moral distress — and to consider how these personal experiences may affect clinical decision-making, therapeutic presence, and provider wellbeing. The training recognizes that providers who are themselves members of the LGBTQ community, or who have close personal ties to LGBTQ individuals, may face compounding layers of vulnerability and harm. By presenting data that reflects the diverse experiences of providers across identities and practice settings, the training supports culturally humble, self-aware practice and encourages clinicians to approach their own needs with the same compassion and rigor they bring to the needs of their clients.
Course Content
This training presents findings from the only existing national study on the mental health effects of the 2024 election on health providers working with LGBTQ populations through engaging lecture and facilitated discussion led by Dr. Lisa Diamond. Drawing from survey data assessing changes in provider mental health, burnout rates, and coping and protective strategies, the session walks participants through key findings in accessible, clinician-friendly language. Special attention is given to the double burden facing providers — navigating their own election-related distress while managing elevated client need — and to the role of social support and workplace connection as meaningful protective factors. Interactive Q&A provides opportunities for participants to connect the data to their own professional experiences and explore practical implications for sustaining themselves in this work.
Limitations, Risks, & Benefits
This online training presents findings from a newly conducted survey and is not intended to be comprehensive; clinicians seeking more advanced knowledge are encouraged to pursue additional training and engage with the emerging literature in this area. As newly collected data, findings reflect the state of the research at the time of this presentation and will continue to be refined as additional studies emerge. Participants may experience emotional responses when engaging with sensitive material related to their own professional and personal wellbeing, political stress, and burnout; however, no significant risks are anticipated. Benefits include increased awareness of the unique challenges facing providers working with LGBTQ populations, greater ability to recognize signs of burnout and election-related distress in themselves and colleagues, and practical strategies for strengthening social connection and resilience in both personal and professional contexts.
About the Presenter
Lisa Diamond, PhD, is a professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at the University of Utah, where she has worked since 1999. Her research focuses on mental health among LGBTQ+ populations, sexual and gender identity across the life course, sexual and gender fluidity, and childhood and adolescent trauma exposure — including religious trauma — among LGBTQ+ individuals. Dr. Diamond collaborates frequently with clinicians and brings a research-informed perspective that emphasizes the critical role of social safety and unconditional belonging on the health of marginalized populations.
Course Details
Delivery method: Live interactive webinar via the Institute learning platform
Course interactivity: Interactive — participants will engage in facilitated discussion and Q&A
Posttest/quiz: Because this is a live interactive course, a standard posttest is not required. Participation will be monitored throughout the session.
Certificate issuance: Certificates of credit will be issued immediately after course completion to participants who attend the full session and complete the course evaluation.
Contact for questions: institute@thehealinggroup.com
Accessibility accommodations: To request accessibility accommodations, please contact institute@thehealinggroup.com prior to the event. We are committed to making our trainings accessible to all participants.
ASWB ACE Statement:
The Healing Group Institute, provider number 2716, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 3/31/26 – 3/31/27. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.
AASECT CKA:
D. Topics related to sexual orientation and/or gender identity
C. Socio-cultural, familial factors in relation to sexual values and behaviors
O. Professional communication and personal reflection skills
AASECT ST:
F. Ethical decision-making and best practice
This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification. Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information please contact info@aasect.org.