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[DISCLAIMER] Fellow military police (MP) buddies “D” and “Tooth” introduced me to the music of Daft Punk when I was stationed in Okinawa,...
Deric Hollings
Apr 18, 20246 min read
Semper Gumby
[DISCLAIMER] When serving in the Marine Corps between 1996 and 2007, I frequently heard the axiom “Semper Gumby.” As the motto of the...
Deric Hollings
Apr 13, 20245 min read
Welcome to Complex Systems
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use I’m a fan of biologists Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying’s DarkHorse podcast in which Weinsten often...
Deric Hollings
Apr 10, 20246 min read
Simplifying Unconditional Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] Admittedly, when I first discovered the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) technique of unconditional acceptance (UA),...
Deric Hollings
Apr 7, 20245 min read
Play It Through
[DISCLAIMER] Although not a technique specific to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), my late stepmom taught me a helpful tool...
Deric Hollings
Mar 30, 20247 min read
Hear, Hold, Help
[DISCLAIMER] When in graduate school for social work, I took a class entitled Couples Counseling during the 2013 fall semester. At the...
Deric Hollings
Mar 21, 20247 min read
Suffering, Struggling, and Battling vs. Experiencing
[DISCLAIMER] I invite you to read aloud the following sentences: · I suffer with mental illness. · I suffer from depression. · I...
Deric Hollings
Feb 27, 20244 min read
No
[DISCLAIMER] In 2001, a film called The Wash was released and I decided not to watch it, because I didn’t want it to spoil my memory of...
Deric Hollings
Feb 18, 20245 min read
Flexible Structure and Routine
[DISCLAIMER] Because I use a holistic approach to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in my personal and professional life, I’ve...
Deric Hollings
Jan 22, 20243 min read
Suspicion vs. Belief
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use There’s a popular meme of character “Fry” from Futurama that depicts the look of...
Deric Hollings
Jan 8, 20243 min read
Boundary Setting
[DISCLAIMER] On his 2021 mixtape Hate is Dead, rapper Trippie Redd featured a song entitled “R3D LiN3” (red line) in which he warned,...
Deric Hollings
Aug 30, 20237 min read
What Shame?
[DISCLAIMER] In Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), shame attacking exercises are used to inoculate a client from embarrassment...
Deric Hollings
Jun 21, 20235 min read
Cognitive Reframing
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, artist: Gary Larson, fair use Do you ever have days in which you experience some undesirable event and...
Deric Hollings
May 15, 20238 min read
Use of Humor
[ DISCLAIMER ] Axl The above-featured photo was taken when I lived in a children’s home during my eighth grade year. The boy displayed...
Deric Hollings
May 12, 20239 min read
Parroting and Similar Techniques
[DISCLAIMER] Polly wants a cracker When I was young, I remember an ongoing joke in which a parrot states, “Polly wants a cracker.” The...
Deric Hollings
May 4, 20239 min read
Unconditional Life-Acceptance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Horseshoes In my youth, I enjoyed playing the game of horseshoes . This lawn contest was usually played by two people, or...
Deric Hollings
Mar 11, 20238 min read
Unconditional Self-Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] When it all began In a blogpost entitled Unconditional Other-Acceptance (UOA), I stated, “My narrative of devalued worth...
Deric Hollings
Mar 1, 20238 min read
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