One of the state’s leading LGBTQ+ nonprofits has seen nearly a complete turnover of clinicians in its therapy department this year.

Encircle , founded in 2016, helps support Utah’s LGBTQ+ youths and their families by providing resources and a safe space to gather in its “homes” in Provo , Salt Lake City , St. George , Heber and Ogden.

The turnover began in mid-March and spanned 10 weeks. Seven of Encircle’s nine therapists have left the organization, either through layoffs or by resignation. Two original therapists remain, and the nonprofit has since added new hires and interns for a current total of seven therapists.

Clinicians who have left said they did so because of unrealistic workload expectations, while Encircle maintains that its practices meet “industry standards

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