Program Description
Have you ever wondered how you can prepare yourself to engage in meaningful, culturally-sensitive, and therapeutic conversations about culturally stressful experiences with BIPOC clients? If so, this intermediate level series of workshops is for you!
Specifically, attendees will first be asked to explore their personal commitment to promoting culturally responsive care within their practice. And, with this clarified commitment, attendees will be introduced to options for enhancing their culturally responsive care with an in-depth orientation to the Racial, Ethnic, And Cultural Healing model.
Led by Dr. Ryan DeLapp, the creator of the REACH program, this series of workshops teaches attendees how to:
- Evaluate the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral impacts of cultural stress and racism
- Integrate experiences of cultural stress into existing case conceptualizations
- Collaborate with patients to formulate clear treatment goals
- Identify evidence-based interventions that promote empowerment, self-acceptance, and emotional healing from past, current, and/or anticipated cultural stressors.
Participants can register for the entire series, a single webinar, or multiple webinars. Each session is a stand-alone workshop; it is not necessary to sign up for them in order. All webinars will be recorded, so if the listed dates are not convenient, you will be sent a copy of the webinar to watch at your leisure for Home Study credit.
Learn more about the program in this video conversation below between Dr. DeLapp and Dr. Stacy Coyle, Ross Center Director of Professional Development.
Preparing for Racial Talks: Strategies for Strengthening a Culturally Responsive Mindset
On-Demand Webinar Recorded 09/13/24 – 2 hours
Course Description: This training engages attendees in self-reflection regarding their own identities and how these identities intersect with those held by clients of color. The training intends to prompt attendees to explore any stereotypes, biases, or possibly unintended microaggressions that occur during discussions of cultural stress. Finally, the training reviews tips on how clinicians can cultivate a culturally responsive mindset that would enhance their ability to offer culturally affirming and humble care.
Objectives: Attendees who participate in this training will:
- Describe how their own identities can influence their clinical practice when working with clients of color
- Explore personal biases that undermine a sense of safety and security for clients of color within therapeutic interactions
- Identify personal actions attendees can take (both in and outside of therapy room) to help clients of color feel safe to bring their whole selves to therapy
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Culturally Responsive Assessment
On-Demand Webinar Recorded 10/01/24 – 2 hours
Course Description: This training features guidelines on how to assess client cultural strengths and values to enhance the cultural sensitivity of CBT interventions. Also, this training offers recommendations on how clinicians can assess whether culturally stressful experiences are interfering with the effectiveness of their recommended CBT interventions.
Objectives: Attendees who participate in this training will:
- Utilize strategies for creatively and flexibly assessing client strengths and values in a culturally-sensitive manner
- Identify structured assessments of cultural stress that can be incorporated into intake/screening procedures to inform when it is important to further explore the impact of such stress
- Utilize strategies for creatively and flexibly assessing past, present, or anticipated experiences of cultural stress
- Learn to evaluate their client’s ability to heal from and navigate the culturally stressful experiences they face
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Helping Clients of Color Strengthen their Emotional Wellness
On-Demand Webinar Recorded 11/01/24 – 2 hours
Course Description: Many CBT-based interventions focus on helping clients alleviate emotional distress and enhancing their ability to achieve valued goals (regardless of their level of distress). This training discusses how to implement CBT interventions (e.g., mindfulness, self-compassion, exposure, and behavioral activation) in ways that draw upon a client’s cultural strengths and that remain respectful of any cultural stresses, such race-based stress, they face.
Objectives: Attendees who participate in this training will:
- Utilize strategies for creatively and flexibly assessing emotional impacts of cultural stressful events on clients
- Learn how to conceptualize how these emotional impacts are interfering with a client’s overall sense of wellness
- Learn how to implement evidence-based emotion regulation interventions in a way that is culturally-informed, strengths-based
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Helping Clients of Color Discover Their Sense of Agency and Control
On-Demand Webinar Recorded 12/06/24 – 2 hours
Time: 12:00 – 2:00pm Eastern Time
Course Description: It is important that any person feels capable of achieving the goals they have for their life. Regardless if those goals are within their relationships, focused on their wellness, or related to some type of achievement, the hope is that clinicians are able to support their client’s goal attainment. This training reviews adaptations to CBT interventions (e.g., goal clarification, problem solving, and assertiveness skills training) that can enhance a client’s sense of agency and control in their daily life. Also, this training discusses how clinicians can remain respectful of cultural stressors that may complicate goal attainment.
Objectives: Attendees who participate in this training will:
- Utlize strategies for creatively and flexibly assessing how much agency and control clients feel they have within their daily lives
- Learn how to conceptualize how cultural stress can undermine a client’s overall sense of agency and control
- Learn how to implement evidence-based interventions to help clients discover, expand, and maintain their sense of agency and control within their lives
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Helping Clients of Color Confidently Express Themselves
On-Demand Webinar Recorded 1/10/25 – 2 Hours
Course Description: 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 reviews how adaptations to CBT interventions (e.g., mindfulness, cognitive coping, and activity scheduling) can be used to help clients of color strengthen their self-love, self-confidence, and overall cultural pride.
Objectives: Attendees who participate in this training will:
- 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.
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Event Details:
CE Information:
- 10 CEs for entire series or 2 CEs for individual sessions for:
- Psychologists (all states)
- Social Workers – New York, Virginia and Washington, DC
- CHES
These workshops meets the criteria for many state board licensure requirements for cultural competency. Please contact your state board to confirm approval .
Many licensing boards accept CE from APA approved sponsors as well as for trainings approved by boards in other jurisdictions. Please review this chart to see whether your state approves CE for this training.
Cost:
- Individual with CE credit: $50/session or $175 (discounted rate) for the complete 5-session series
- Student/Non-CE participant: $35/session or $125 (discounted rate) for the complete 5-session series
- Free for ADAA members: The Ross Center, in collaboration with ARC Health, is pleased to provide ADAA members access to continuing education opportunities at no cost.
Presented By: 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.
Registration
REGISTER FOR THE ENTIRE SERIES:
REGISTER FOR INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS:
Preparing for Racial Talks: Strategies for Strengthening a Culturally Responsive Mindset.
Friday, September 13th: HOMESTUDY
Culturally Responsive Assessment
Friday, October 4th: HOMESTUDY
Helping Clients of Color Strengthen their Emotional Wellness
Friday, November 1st: HOMESTUDY
Helping Clients of Color Discover Their Sense of Agency and Control
Friday, December 6th: HOMESTUDY
Helping Clients of Color Confidently Express Themselves
Friday, January 10th: HOMESTUDY
TESTIMONIALS:
“Dr. DeLapp was a fantastic instructor! He clearly has a strong and nuanced command of cultural and racism-related stress and communicated clearly and with very interesting examples to enhance our learning. I look forward to consulting with him in the future!”
“Definitely one of the best CE’s on racism and/or cultural competent practice.”
“This presentation was given clearly and concisely. The presenter was conscious of using inclusive language and ideas. The presentation was helpful and will further my knowledge of ethics and cultural-related practice.”
“Wonderful presentation! I appreciated the tangible clinical skills and suggestions. I particularly liked this seminar because the presenter included multiple practical interventions.”
“Really approachable way of presenting on a difficult topic. Made it easy to imagine applying.”
“It was highly excellent presentation. The presenter organized the workshop well and provided many resources and lively examples. It is one of the best CE workshops I have been.”
“This webinar was very effective and helpful in the school environment that I work in.”
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The Ross Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, LLC, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Ross Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Ross Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, LLC, is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0105. Ross Management Services, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0701. There is no commercial support for this program. 
