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Obstacles to Change
[DISCLAIMER] When attending recruit training (boot camp) at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California in 1996, I was required to...
Deric Hollings
Jun 25, 20243 min read
May You Live Forever
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, property of Warner Bros. Pictures, fair use In the film 300 (2006), there’s a scene in which Spartan king...
Deric Hollings
Jun 25, 20249 min read
Contentment
[DISCLAIMER] Throughout the literature in support of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), happiness is referenced as a goal for this...
Deric Hollings
Jun 24, 20246 min read
Stay Better
[DISCLAIMER] One of the main objectives for practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is to help people get better and not...
Deric Hollings
Jun 24, 20244 min read
Common Enemy
[DISCLAIMER] There was a time that I used to see couples for behavioral health care, though I’ve since decided to take my practice into a...
Deric Hollings
Jun 21, 20246 min read
It's All Bad
[DISCLAIMER] During my senior year of high school, lyricist E-40 released the album In a Major Way that featured the track “It’s All Bad”...
Deric Hollings
Jun 20, 20244 min read
Break Out the Mask
[ DISCLAIMER ] Back when personalized ringtones were popular, before the first smartphone hit the market, I had Three 6 Mafia ’s intro...
Deric Hollings
Jun 20, 20247 min read
Magical Thinking
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Suppose person X believes that washing one’s hands in a river will afford the individual to become...
Deric Hollings
Jun 20, 20244 min read
Get-Back
[DISCLAIMER] On his 2023 album Recovery, rapper Quando Rondo features a song entitled “Forever 16” in which he addresses the topic of...
Deric Hollings
Jun 19, 20245 min read
Treatment vs. Management
[ DISCLAIMER ] When I became a certified personality disorder treatment provider in 2023, I was taught the difference between treatment...
Deric Hollings
Jun 19, 20245 min read
Assessing the Bases of Improvement
[DISCLAIMER] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), a form of cognitive behavior therapy, uses a scientific approach to psychotherapy....
Deric Hollings
Jun 19, 20245 min read
Careless With Time
[DISCLAIMER] In the mid-1980s, I received a colorful hand-me-down Ocean Pacific watch that smelled of someone else’s cologne. Seeing the...
Deric Hollings
Jun 18, 20247 min read
On Free Will
[DISCLAIMER] Growing up under the prescriptions of religiosity, I was taught the concept of free will—the ability to act at one’s own...
Deric Hollings
Jun 17, 20249 min read
Kooky Beliefs
[DISCLAIMER] Throughout my lifetime, I’ve known people who’ve maintained kooky beliefs—acceptance that statements or ideas are true or...
Deric Hollings
Jun 16, 20246 min read
All That Racket
[DISCLAIMER] Despite how some old school hip hop heads maintain purist perspectives while refusing to consider mumble rappers as relevant...
Deric Hollings
Jun 16, 20245 min read
BRIDGE is Falling Down
[ DISCLAIMER ] As a child, I was taught to sing, “London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling...
Deric Hollings
Jun 16, 20247 min read
Regular Exercise
[DISCLAIMER] Since adolescence, and for the most part, I’ve participated in regular physical exercise. Even when not knowing how to...
Deric Hollings
Jun 16, 20245 min read
On Virtue
[DISCLAIMER] Increasingly, I’ve noticed that through practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) with clients, many people seem...
Deric Hollings
Jun 16, 20248 min read
Innocente (Falling in Love)
[DISCLAIMER] In 2001, electronic dance music (EDM) duo Delerium released a track entitled “Innocente (Falling in Love)” that featured the...
Deric Hollings
Jun 15, 20244 min read
Turn It Around
[DISCLAIMER] I can’t recall exactly when I first heard it or the precise version to which I was initially introduced, though at some...
Deric Hollings
Jun 15, 20246 min read
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