Ryan C. T. DeLapp, PhD, is a psychologist who works with children, adolescents, and adults in New York City and the Washington, D.C., area. He is the founding director of the Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Healing (REACH) Program at the Ross Center. Dr. DeLapp publishes and presents widely on topics related to healing from cultural stress and empowering individuals of color.
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People of color know how it feels to have the deck stacked against them--to be judged, mistreated, or denied opportunities because of their background. Psychologist Ryan C. T. DeLapp has devoted his career to helping young people understand racial and cultural stress and build skills for coping with it. This empowering book gives readers tools to safely navigate painful emotions while undoing the deep, often hidden impact of society's negative messages. Teens and young adults of color are guided to identify their own cultural stressors, explore their strengths, stand up for their values, and uncover who they truly want to be, from a place of self-love and cultural pride. Dr. DeLapp shares step-by-step strategies and downloadable worksheets for implementing his innovative program, illustrated with stories of diverse individuals going through the journey.
Introduction: Welcome to This Workbook I. Getting Started 1. What Does Being a Person of Color Mean to Me? 2. Have I Experienced Cultural Stress? 3. How Have I Been Impacted by Cultural Stress? II. How to Heal and Cope with Emotional Stress 4. Noticing Emotional Stress 5. How Can I Show Kindness and Understanding toward My Emotional Stress? 6. My Emotional Stress Coping Assessment 7. How Can I Make Helpful Decisions in the Moment When Emotionally Stressed? 8. How Can I Soothe My Emotional Stress? 9. How Can I Make Healthy Decisions over Time as I Heal from Emotional Stress? Part II Summary and Takeaways III. How to Boost Your Sense of Agency and Control 10. Noticing When I Experience Agency Stress 11. How Can I Show Kindness and Understanding toward My Agency Stress? 12. My Agency Stress Coping Assessment 13. How Can I Change or Improve Stressful Surroundings? 14. How Can I Maintain Progress toward My Goals in Stressful Surroundings? Part III Summary and Takeaways IV. How to Cope with Identity Stress 15. Noticing Identity Stress 16. How Can I Show Kindness and Understanding toward My Identity Stress? 17. My Identity Stress Coping Assessment 18. How Can I Grow My Self-Love and Appreciation with Identity Exploration? 19. How Can I Grow My Self-Love and Appreciation with Identity Expression? 20. How Can I Protect the Self-Love and Appreciation I Am Building? Part IV Summary and Takeaways V. Putting the Pieces of Empowered Coping Together! 21. How Do I Remember Everything I've Learned? 22. How Can I Use My Cultural Stress Coping Cards to Practice Empowered Coping? Conclusion: Continuing Your Empowered Coping Journey Therapy Resources Scholarly Inspirations Index