Talking Racial Stress: Assessing & Treatment Planning for Experiences of Racial Discrimination

Dr. DeLapp clarifies the potential mental health impacts of both overt and covert forms of racial discrimination and introduce assessment materials for evaluating the emotional impact of discrimination. Also the course provides a CBT-based framework for incorporating experiences of discrimination into one’s case conceptualization and provide options for creating space for patients to discuss and heal from their perceptions of discrimination with clinicians.

Ryan DeLapp, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist at Albert Einstein’s Student Mental Health Center and an attending psychologist at Montefiore’s Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Division. He earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Louisville before completing his pre-doctoral internship at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. DeLapp specializes in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety, mood, and behavioral disorders. He also has several publications and presentations discussing considerations for assessing and treating racial stress.