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Dating TrApps
[DISCLAIMER] Anecdotes I begin this post with a couple of personal anecdotes. The first relates to my time in Brasil when serving a...
Deric Hollings
Apr 10, 202411 min read
Shoulding at the Supermarket
[DISCLAIMER] In Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), one of the four major irrational beliefs relates to demandingness....
Deric Hollings
Apr 9, 20248 min read
Moral Arbiter
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use According to one source, “Deric is a boy’s name of German origin. From the Old Germanic names...
Deric Hollings
Apr 9, 20244 min read
It's on You
[DISCLAIMER] Recently, I posted a blog entry entitled Smartphone and Media Addiction in which I controversially stated: Although many of...
Deric Hollings
Apr 8, 20245 min read
Shhhh
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Since practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) professionally, I’ve become aware of a...
Deric Hollings
Apr 8, 20244 min read
L'Eggo Unhelpful Ego
[DISCLAIMER] In a blogpost entitled Was Freud Right? I addressed Sigmund Freud’s concept of the ego. Noteworthy, the late psychologist...
Deric Hollings
Apr 8, 20246 min read
Normalcy Bias
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use *All persons referenced herein are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Herein, I...
Deric Hollings
Apr 8, 202420 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
Mixed Signals
[DISCLAIMER] I pay attention to a number of dating-related podcasts and YouTube channels, because I’m curious about emerging perspectives...
Deric Hollings
Apr 5, 20247 min read
The Bad Therapist
[DISCLAIMER] I once sat across from a prospective clinical supervisor, a male psychotherapist that subscribed to the tenets of...
Deric Hollings
Apr 5, 20245 min read
Missed-Information
[DISCLAIMER] A newspaper is a paper that is printed and distributed, usually daily or weekly, and that contains news, articles of...
Deric Hollings
Apr 5, 20246 min read
Preventative Maintenance
[DISCLAIMER] When stationed in Okinawa, Japan between 1997 and 1999, Marines who owned vehicles and who received permanent change of...
Deric Hollings
Apr 4, 20245 min read
An Honest Crisis
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use For the advanced internship portion of my counseling graduate studies I participated in work at an...
Deric Hollings
Apr 4, 20249 min read
Maybe You're the Racist
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use *Critiques of opinions expressed by any individual herein are solely meant to address assumptions,...
Deric Hollings
Apr 3, 202423 min read
Denial
[DISCLAIMER] One of my favorite memes was created by artist KC Green, about which The Verge states: The “This is fine” meme comes from KC...
Deric Hollings
Apr 2, 20247 min read
Four Major Irrational Beliefs
[DISCLAIMER] The theory associated with Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) hypothesizes the existence of four major irrational...
Deric Hollings
Apr 2, 20244 min read
Chain Link
[DISCLAIMER] This isn’t my first time featuring lyricist Brother Ali in my ongoing hip hop and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)...
Deric Hollings
Apr 2, 20245 min read
Discrimination
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , photographer: Elliott Erwitt , fair use My dad (black), late stepmom (black), and late mom (white) told...
Deric Hollings
Apr 2, 20248 min read
Plot Line
[DISCLAIMER] A plot line (or plotline) may be described as the course or main features of a narrative such as the plot of a play, novel,...
Deric Hollings
Apr 1, 20248 min read
From Where You're At
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Imagine standing on a long and unpaved road that has many twists and turns. In this very moment in...
Deric Hollings
Apr 1, 20243 min read
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