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