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Unconditional Acceptance Redux
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use The primary psychotherapeutic modality I practice is rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT),...
Deric Hollings
Oct 20, 202410 min read
Stress-Testing Intimate Partner Relationships
[ DISCLAIMER ] “I wanted to see how bad things could get,” is the explanation I was given by a former intimate partner in regard to why...
Deric Hollings
Oct 17, 202416 min read
Political Bingo
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (generator), fair use Rather than self-disturbing with unhelpful assumptions about the 2024 United States...
Deric Hollings
Oct 16, 20248 min read
You Sure About That?
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Netflix, fair use The ABC model of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) maintains that...
Deric Hollings
Oct 16, 20246 min read
The Right Angle to Try
[ DISCLAIMER ] Throughout all my years of education, from childhood to adulthood, I’ve found it difficult to grasp mathematical...
Deric Hollings
Oct 15, 20245 min read
Arm and Disappointed
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use Practicing rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) in my spare time, I enjoy...
Deric Hollings
Oct 15, 20246 min read
A Healthy Approach to Marriage
[ DISCLAIMER ] From childhood, I recall wanting to one day find a woman to marry. Part of my motivation in this regard had to do with...
Deric Hollings
Oct 15, 202412 min read
Medicine
[ DISCLAIMER ] Recently, I listened to Danny Servidio ’s “House Is A Healer” (HIAH) set on Rumble and heard the track “ Medicine ”...
Deric Hollings
Oct 14, 20246 min read
Irrational Expectation
[ DISCLAIMER ] Before entering elementary school, I learned to color in-between the lines of pictures. The answer given to me for this...
Deric Hollings
Oct 14, 20247 min read
Mistakes
[ DISCLAIMER ] The photo above was taken in my barracks room in 2001, when I was stationed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in...
Deric Hollings
Oct 14, 20249 min read
Hip Hop and EDM Psychotherapist
[ DISCLAIMER ] I’m the world’s foremost hip hop and electronic dance music (EDM)-influenced rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)...
Deric Hollings
Oct 14, 20246 min read
How Will You Choose to Walk?
[ DISCLAIMER ] Easily and decisively, my favorite song among the many tracks I enjoy from lyricist Murs is “ Walk Like a Man ,”...
Deric Hollings
Oct 12, 202419 min read
Vibes
[ DISCLAIMER ] As is the case with contemporary generations, popular culture of the moment is influenced by Generation (“Gen”) Z’s use...
Deric Hollings
Oct 11, 20246 min read
Get Better Gang
[ DISCLAIMER ] In high school, I used to visit Palo Duro Canyon State Park with a friend, “Lil’ Caesar,” who introduced me to Bomb City...
Deric Hollings
Oct 10, 20246 min read
Toxic Vet
[ DISCLAIMER ] When enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1996, and regarding many topics concerning the treatment of United States (U.S.)...
Deric Hollings
Oct 10, 202415 min read
Truth, Do You Speak It?
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , artist: Nikita Abakumov , property of Miramax Films, fair use I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen...
Deric Hollings
Oct 8, 20247 min read
You Won't Catch Me On That Porch Again
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Among her many other adages, proverbs, aphorisms, dictums, and axioms, my late stepmom used to...
Deric Hollings
Oct 8, 20245 min read
Punching a Dolphin in the Face
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Imagine seeking mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”)...
Deric Hollings
Oct 5, 20246 min read
Mistaking Deductive Validity for Truth
[ DISCLAIMER ] Quite often, when using psychoeducation in my blog to help people understand Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT),...
Deric Hollings
Oct 5, 20244 min read
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