Mitigating the Mental Health Impact of Marginalization and Discrimination

In honor of the life and work Aaron T. Beck, this paper describes application cognitive therapy to management marginalization stress among minoritized communities. Collaborative empiricism, restructuring, behavioral interventions are highlighted as being particularly useful in a contemporary multicultural approach for anxiety, depression, stress, other sequelae due stigmatized identity. Although primarily illustrated through recent with transgender gender diverse adults, discussion extends groups including racial, ethnic, sexual minorities immigrants. This illustrates power Dr. Beck’s address presenting concerns clinical work.