About this course

Learning Objectives

• Utilize strategies for creatively and flexibly assessing the thoughts and feelings clients have towards their racial and cultural backgrounds
• Learn how to conceptualize how cultural stress can interfere with a client have self-love, self-confidence, and overall cultural pride
• Learn how to implement evidence-based interventions to help clients grow and maintain positive and affirming thoughts about their racial and cultural backgrounds

Learning Levels

• Intermediate

Target Audience

Course Instructor(s)

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  Ryan DeLapp, Ph.D.

  Dr. DeLapp is a clinical psychologist at The Ross Center and the founder and creator of the REACH program: Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Healing. He treats anxiety, depression, and cultural stress in children, adolescents, and young adults. He was formerly an assistant professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and he directed the REACH program at Montefiore’s Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Division. He has several publications and presentations discussing considerations for assessing and treating racial stress in diverse populations, and is publishing a workbook shortly entitled The Racial, Ethnic, And Cultural Healing (REACH) Workbook: Skills to Empower Teens and Young Adults to Heal, Cope, and Thrive.

Disclosure

References

• Anderson, R. E., & Stevenson, H. C. (2019). RECASTing racial stress and trauma: Theorizing the healing potential of racial socialization in families. American Psychologist, 74(1), 63
• DeLapp, R.C.T. & DeLapp, C.L. (in press). Ethnic and Racial Responsiveness in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT). In Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in Educational Settings: A Handbook for Practice, Third Edition, R.W. Christner & R.B. Mennuti, ed., Routledge.
• DeLapp, R. C., & Gallo, L. (2022). A Flexible Treatment Planning Model for Racism-Related Stress in Adolescents and Young Adults. Journal of Health Service Psychology, 1-13.
• DeLapp, R. C. T., & Williams, M. T. (2019). Preparing for racial discrimination and moving beyond reactive coping: A systematic review. Current Psychiatry Research and Reviews Formerly: Current Psychiatry Reviews, 15(1), 58-71.
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• Sellers, R. M., Smith, M. A., Shelton, J. N., Rowley, S. A., & Chavous, T. M. (1998). Multidimensional model of racial identity: A reconceptualization of African American racial identity. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2(1), 18–39.
• Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Quintana, S. M., Lee, R. M., Cross, W. E., Jr., Rivas-Drake, D., Schwartz, S. J., . . . Ethnic and Racial Identity in the 21st Century Study Group. (2014). Ethnic and racial identity during adolescence and into young adulthood: An integrated conceptualization. Child Development, 85(1), 21–39.
• Watson‑Singleton, N. N., Womack, V. Y., Holder‑Dixon, A. R., & Black, A. R. (2021). Racism’s (un) worthiness trap: The mediating roles of self‑compassion and self‑coldness in the link between racism and distress in African Americans. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. 28(4), 557–568.
• Williams, M. T., Holmes, S., Zare, M., Haeny, A., & Faber, S. (2022). An evidence-based approach for treating stress and trauma due to racism. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
• Williams, M. T., Metzger, I. W., Leins, C., & DeLapp, C. (2018). Assessing racial trauma within a DSM–5 framework: The UConn Racial/Ethnic Stress & Trauma Survey. Practice Innovations, 3(4), 242.