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