Holding Space in a Divided World: Navigating Political Stress, Identity, and Ethical Practice 

Friday, May 15, 2026
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. 

Zoom Webinar

Registration Fee: $25

OVERVIEW: 

This trauma‑informed, equity‑centered webinar is designed for clinicians who are supporting clients through an era of intense sociopolitical tension. This training explores how political events, systemic oppression, and collective trauma shape mental health, and how these pressures uniquely impact marginalized communities. Participants will examine their dual identities as helpers and humans, reflect on the ethical responsibilities of practice in politically charged contexts, and learn strategies to maintain grounded, affirming, and empowered therapeutic spaces without defaulting to neutrality or avoidance. This webinar fulfills ethics requirement for continuing education. 

OBJECTIVES: After attending this Zoom webinar, the participant will be able to:

• Identify the mental health impacts of sociopolitical stress—including anxiety, moral injury, and vicarious trauma—and recognize how these experiences are intensified for marginalized clients,
• Examine the clinician’s dual role as both provider and person, and articulate ethical responsibilities in addressing systemic factors that affect client well‑being,
• Apply strategies to manage clinician overwhelm, prevent burnout, and create therapeutic environments that are affirming, informed, and empowering rather than neutralizing or dismissive.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This continuing education Zoom webinar is designed for case managers, social workers, psychologists, therapists, counselors, and health care workers.  The community is also invited to attend. 

CONTINUING EDUCATION:                                                              
Mental Health America of the Heartland is a pre-approved provider for social workers through the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board (BSRB) Provider Number 17-007. This continuing education provider is approved  1.5 hours for social workers and accepted for psychologists, professional counselors, masters prepared psychologists, marriage and family therapists and addiction counselors.

In order to receive continuing education credit and a certificate of attendance for this zoom webinar, you will be required to participate in the live zoom webinar. You will receive a zoom invitation via email within a week of webinar. Also you will need to take an online exam and complete an evaluation that will be sent in a separate email after the live zoom webinar. You must pass the test by 70%. The zoom webinar will not be available by recording and viewing at any other time.