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Safetyism
[DISCLAIMER] Coddling of the American Mind In their book The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting...
Deric Hollings
Apr 1, 202410 min read
Termination
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Saying goodbye isn’t always easy. Regarding the therapeutic alliance (working relationship)...
Deric Hollings
Mar 31, 20245 min read
A B-C Mess
[DISCLAIMER] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) posits that when an Action occurs and a person Believes something unhelpful about...
Deric Hollings
Mar 31, 20242 min read
QB Drills
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I assist clients with the disputation of irrational beliefs. To...
Deric Hollings
Mar 31, 20243 min read
M-M-M-Musturbation
[ DISCLAIMER ] Social Work and REBT Herein, I’ll address the topic of pornography. Not everyone will agree with or appreciate my...
Deric Hollings
Mar 31, 202415 min read
Play It Through
[DISCLAIMER] Although not a technique specific to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), my late stepmom taught me a helpful tool...
Deric Hollings
Mar 30, 20247 min read
I Can't Take It
[ DISCLAIMER ] For those readers who are unfamiliar with Texas history, the following information serves as context pertaining to this...
Deric Hollings
Mar 29, 202410 min read
Distorted Inferences
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) uses the ABC model to illustrate how when an Activating...
Deric Hollings
Mar 28, 20244 min read
Faulty Memory
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use I’m fascinated by how little I know about the function of the brain. Although, as a Rational Emotive...
Deric Hollings
Mar 28, 20249 min read
Practice How You Perform
[DISCLAIMER] Practice may be defined as the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to...
Deric Hollings
Mar 28, 20244 min read
Healthy vs. Unhealthy Frustration
[DISCLAIMER] When using the ABC model of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I encourage clients to consider the consequences of...
Deric Hollings
Mar 27, 20243 min read
Plastic People
[DISCLAIMER] Years ago, when interested in understanding the abnormal behavior of serial killers, I reviewed the case of Charles Manson....
Deric Hollings
Mar 27, 20245 min read
We All Can't Go
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, fair use As a child, I was taught a biblical story in which the prophet...
Deric Hollings
Mar 27, 20245 min read
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
[DISCLAIMER] For Career Discovery Day during my senior year of high school, a number of students and I who were interested in careers...
Deric Hollings
Mar 27, 202414 min read
O Death
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Having once subscribed to the Judeo-Christian values under which I was raised, I formerly...
Deric Hollings
Mar 26, 20246 min read
Normalization
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use People sometimes ask why I frequently use road rage examples when describing the ABC model of...
Deric Hollings
Mar 25, 202412 min read
Disappointingly Satisfying
[DISCLAIMER] After graduating high school, I moved from Amarillo, Texas to Aurora, Colorado – having previously resided in the latter...
Deric Hollings
Mar 25, 20245 min read
O Fortuna
[DISCLAIMER] I was on military leave, visiting friends and family members in Bomb City during the late ‘90s, when I first heard...
Deric Hollings
Mar 24, 20245 min read
Smartphone and Social Media Addiction
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Own your shit Over the years, I’ve heard a lot about smartphone and social media addiction. When...
Deric Hollings
Mar 24, 202410 min read
FLAT
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In 1999, Mr. Oizo released the song “Flat Beat.” At the time, I appreciated the way its varied tones...
Deric Hollings
Mar 23, 20244 min read
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