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Logically Inconsistent
[ DISCLAIMER ] *After having received an image takedown notice regarding the picture previously used on this blog entry, this blogpost has been modified to demonstrate good faith compliance with same on October 16, 2025. When using psychoeducation in regard to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I invite people to consider propositions which are rational—in accordance with both logic and reason . When demonstrating this lesson, I often use syllogisms . For example,
Deric Hollings
Feb 55 min read
Kansas City Shuffle
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), property of Getty Images, fair use I don’t fault anyone who’s unaware of a spectacle that...
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Feb 47 min read
The Definition of Insanity
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use Often, I hear some variation of a quote attributed to the late German-born theoretical...
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Feb 44 min read
I Am Not Afraid to Die
[ DISCLAIMER ] Over the past several years, I’ve had many conversations with a fellow United States (U.S.) Marine Corps veteran...
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Feb 47 min read
Money and the Power
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use It fascinates me how many people who subscribe to the tenets of the hip hop subculture seemingly...
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Feb 47 min read
Cheer Up, Emo Kid
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , artist: Rachel “Oriana132” Bowman , fair use I recall in high school when emo subculture gained...
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Feb 39 min read
Out of Your Mind
[ DISCLAIMER ] I recently listened to a DJ set spun by Kosmovsky that featured the track “ Out of Your Mind ” by Marie Vaunt and Tao...
Deric Hollings
Feb 34 min read
Trimming the Fat
[ DISCLAIMER ] “Well, just make something up,” an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) encouraged me when investigating...
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Feb 36 min read
Mac
[ DISCLAIMER ] If memory serves, I met Mac in 1992 when I was a resident at a children’s home. The cottage in which I lived was...
Deric Hollings
Feb 28 min read
Forgiveness vs. Acceptance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, fair use After many years have passed since I saw Grosse...
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Feb 25 min read
Therapy Speak: A Dialectic Perspective
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use Yesterday, I came across an online tabloid newspaper article entitled “ Katy Perry ...
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Feb 28 min read
Beef Forever
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Unlike my graduate studies in counseling, I learned when attending graduate school in social...
Deric Hollings
Jan 317 min read
One Neva' Know, Do One?
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blogpost entitled Unconditional Acceptance , I listed a number of adages used by my late stepmom (featured to my...
Deric Hollings
Jan 306 min read
Obituary
[ DISCLAIMER ] When speaking with a friend yesterday, I was reminded of an obituary—a notice of a person’s death, usually with a short...
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Jan 3011 min read
Histrionics
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Universal Pictures, fair use When I was a child, I watched the film Cry-Baby (1990) and...
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Jan 298 min read
Who Taught You to Hate Yourself, Baizou?
[ DISCLAIMER ] By the time I entered a graduate program in social work (2012-2014), I was already familiar with the work of Malcolm X...
Deric Hollings
Jan 2810 min read
No Holds Barred
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1991, when attending Valleyview Junior High School in Amarillo, Texas, I was required to participate in a speech...
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Jan 287 min read
Consequence-Free Environment
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of New Line Cinema, fair use There’s a scene in the spy comedy film Austin Powers:...
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Jan 285 min read
Expiration Date
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use Perhaps one of the most irrational beliefs I’ve encountered throughout my life relates...
Deric Hollings
Jan 286 min read
É o Tchan na Selva
[ DISCLAIMER ] If happiness and pleasure had a soundtrack in regard to my life, it would be É o Tchan na Selva (1999) by Brasilian...
Deric Hollings
Jan 264 min read
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