Helping LGBTQI+ Clients Become & Stay Resilient

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This beginner level course is designed to help clinicians support the mental health and well-being of their LGBTQI+ clients by helping then become, and remain, resilient. Clinicians will become familiar with the role shame and fear play in the client’s ability to cope, along with a greater awareness of the role the media plays both positively and adversely.

How to identify scapegoating and political backlash and support clients in developing adaptive coping skills is provided. Additionally, discussion of culturally relevant community resources that to address the needs LGBTQI+ people and BIPOC LGBTQI+ people is provided as well.

Educational Objectives

This course will teach the participant to

Define resilience.
Identify factors that contribute to resiliency in both the individual and LGBTQI+
Explore how fear (anxiety) and shame impact a person’s resilience and understand which groups struggle more with resiliency.

Syllabus

Resilience
- Defining resilience.
- Common themes in resilience.
Adversities facing LGBTQI+ people
- Mental health and academic issues present in LGBTQI+ youth
- Academic challenges and bullying
- Depression
- Suicide risk
- Family rejection and homelessness
- Minority stress
- The greater vulnerabilities of LGBTQI+
The role the media plays in helping address or increase stigma
Identifying factors that contribute to resilience.
- inherent or internal factors that contribute to resilience.
- Identifying external support factors that contribute to resilience.
- Protective factors in resilience
- Age, gender and sexual orientation and resilience
What we can learn from the coping strategies of other marginalized groups.
- Resilience study with African American Youth.
How to support resilience in LGBTQI+
Application of Findings
- 10 ways to create greater resilience for LGBTIQ+ people
- How to look beyond the backlash and keep moving forward, focusing on progress and equality.

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January 21, 2026

Syllabus

Resilience
- Defining resilience.
- Common themes in resilience.
Adversities facing LGBTQI+ people
- Mental health and academic issues present in LGBTQI+ youth
- Academic challenges and bullying
- Depression
- Suicide risk
- Family rejection and homelessness
- Minority stress
- The greater vulnerabilities of LGBTQI+
The role the media plays in helping address or increase stigma
Identifying factors that contribute to resilience.
- inherent or internal factors that contribute to resilience.
- Identifying external support factors that contribute to resilience.
- Protective factors in resilience
- Age, gender and sexual orientation and resilience
What we can learn from the coping strategies of other marginalized groups.
- Resilience study with African American Youth.
How to support resilience in LGBTQI+
Application of Findings
- 10 ways to create greater resilience for LGBTIQ+ people
- How to look beyond the backlash and keep moving forward, focusing on progress and equality.