What You will Learn

When clients are exposed to environments that negatively judge or mistreat them due to the racial or cultural backgrounds, it can make authentic self-expression very challenging. Such environments can cause negative self-beliefs to grow, intensify emotional distresses when in these social settings, and even disrupt client’s ability to achieve personal goals. This training will review how adaptations to CBT interventions can be used to help clients of color strengthen their self-love, self-confidence, and overall cultural pride.

  • Gain 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

Course curriculum

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    Helping Clients of Color Build Self-Love, Self-Confidence, and Cultural Pride

    • Welcome to your CEU Webinar

    • Course Objectives

    • Presentation Slides

    • Course Review Survey

Instructor(s)

Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Ryan Delapp

Ryan DeLapp, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in New York and a PSYPACT member, Director of DEI Initiatives and co-Director of Community Education Program at The Ross Center, and creator of the Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Healing (REACH) program. Dr DeLapp is widely recognized for his expertise in supporting minority individuals with healing from and learning to navigate cultural stressors within their lives. The REACH Program adapts evidence-based treatments to help teens and young adults develop protective skills to alleviate the impact of race-based stress. This program is derived from over 10 years of Dr. DeLapp’s research and clinical practice. And, from this work, he has authored over 20 publications and has conducted over 100 presentations discussing considerations for assessing and treating racial and cultural stress in diverse populations. The culmination of these considerations is featured in his recently released workbook entitled “Empower Yourself Against Racial and Cultural Stress: Using Skills from the REACH Program to Heal, Cope, and Thrive.”