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Spilled Milk
[DISCLAIMER] Growing up, I would sometimes hear the idiom, “There’s no use crying over spilled milk,” which alludes to the senselessness...
Deric Hollings
Apr 25, 20245 min read
The 'F' Word
[DISCLAIMER] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) recognizes four major irrational beliefs: · Demandingness (e.g., I must do well)...
Deric Hollings
Apr 24, 20243 min read
What's Beef?
[DISCLAIMER] With a transfer to Amarillo High School prior to the schoolyear of ’93, I didn’t have any friends in the new district. That...
Deric Hollings
Apr 24, 20246 min read
Depriving Freedom
[DISCLAIMER] Years ago, when visiting Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, I was reminded of the two times that I was detained in the Naval...
Deric Hollings
Apr 23, 20244 min read
Trolley Problem
[DISCLAIMER] Are you familiar with the trolley problem? According to one source, “The trolley problem is a series of thought experiments...
Deric Hollings
Apr 23, 20246 min read
White-Knighting
[DISCLAIMER] For better, worse, or otherwise, the conservative principles by which I was raised required that as a male I was obligated...
Deric Hollings
Apr 23, 202410 min read
Choose the Umbrella or Glasses
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Typically, I try to refrain from use of dichotomous choices. Offering this or that options isn’t...
Deric Hollings
Apr 22, 20244 min read
On Disputing
[DISCLAIMER] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) uses the ABC model to illustrate the process of self-disturbance. With this helpful...
Deric Hollings
Apr 22, 20246 min read
What They Really Want?
[DISCLAIMER] Once upon a time, there was a boy who had an unyielding question. He wanted to know what girls and women wanted from boys...
Deric Hollings
Apr 22, 20248 min read
Sensation
[DISCLAIMER] How does one adequately describe the sensation of being at a live electronic dance music (EDM) event to a degree whereby the...
Deric Hollings
Apr 21, 20245 min read
Existentialism
[DISCLAIMER] When people think of care in regards to mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively, “mental health”), I imagine...
Deric Hollings
Apr 21, 20249 min read
Stoicism
[DISCLAIMER] When developing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), the late psychologist Albert Ellis incorporated into the...
Deric Hollings
Apr 21, 202411 min read
A Transdiagnostic Approach
[DISCLAIMER] My first official job in the field of mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively, “mental health”) was at a...
Deric Hollings
Apr 20, 20245 min read
Belief Perseverance
[DISCLAIMER] Swift action Admittedly, I’m not a Taylor Swift fan. This isn’t because I have anything negative to say about the artist....
Deric Hollings
Apr 20, 202411 min read
Why I Use Wikipedia
[DISCLAIMER] Since the days of my attendance at institutions of higher education, I’ve understood that use of Wikipedia as a resource has...
Deric Hollings
Apr 19, 20244 min read
Close Enough
[DISCLAIMER] I recall being confused about intimate partner relationships following the dissolution of my marriage. At the time, a...
Deric Hollings
Apr 19, 20249 min read
Self-Focus
[ DISCLAIMER ] When I first began practicing care in the capacity of mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively, “mental...
Deric Hollings
Apr 19, 20246 min read
We Don't See Things the Same Way
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In graduate school for counseling, students in my cohort were offered extra credit for attending a...
Deric Hollings
Apr 18, 20244 min read
Homework
[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
Applying the Method
[DISCLAIMER] My military occupational specialty in the Marine Corps was military police (MP). Although some people have told me how...
Deric Hollings
Apr 18, 20243 min read
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