Addressing Racial Stress
The following are resources to help psychologists learn about racial stress and trauma, develop skills and awareness to facilitate work with clients who are Black. It also includes tools to help clinicians address their own racism and biases.
Racial Stress and Mental Health
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Dr. Juliette McClendon | What is PTSD and how does it differ from racial stress and trauma? |
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Dr. Juliette McClendon Dr. Kimberlye Dean* |
Addressing Diversity in PTSD Treatment: Disparities in Treatment Engagement and Outcome Among Patients of Color |
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Dr. Candice Nicole | Black Lives Matter Meditations |
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Association of Black Psychologists | Family-Care, Community-Care and Self-Care Tool Kit: Healing in the Face of Cultural Trauma |
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Loraine Alire | Activists of Color Guide to Managing Burnout |
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Dr. Jessica Graham-LoPresti | The Link Between Experiences of Racism and Stress and Anxiety for Black Americans: A Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Coping Approach |
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Samantha Janvier | Actionable Steps for Therapists (And All Human Beings) In Response to the Racial Pandemic |
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Dr. Derald Wing Sue | Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation |
Understanding the Destructive Impact of Racism
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Dr. David R. Williams | TedMed – How Racism Makes Us Sick |
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Mélise Edwards | Cognitive Reserve and Racial Privilege in STEM |
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Dr. Robert M. Sellers | I am so tired |
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Shenequa Golding | Maintaining Professionalism In The Age of Black Death Is… A Lot |
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Trevor Noah | George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper | The Daily Social Distancing Show |
Tools for People Who are White
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Layla F. Saad | Me and White Supremacy |
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Ijeoma Olu | So you want to talk about race |
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Courtney Ariel | For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies |
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Dr. Robin DiAngelo | White Fragility / The White Fragility Reader’s Guide |
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Corinne Shutack | 75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice |
Websites with Many Additional Resources
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Alyssa Klein | Anti-Racism Resources |
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Dr. Monnica Williams | Racial Trauma & PTSD Reading List (Great list or articles) |
Other Information
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Allison Aubrey via NPR |
Beyond Protests: 5 More Ways To Channel Anger Into Action To Fight Racism |
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Dr. Katherine Phillips | How Diversity Makes Us Stronger |
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Southern Poverty Law Center | Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide |
Organizations
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Black Lives Matter |
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Academics for Black Survival and Wellness |
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Association of Black Psychologists |
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Black Therapists Rock |
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The Psychology of Radical Healing Collective |
Thank you to the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology and Dr. Matthew Price for providing many of the resources for this page.