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Massaging to Get Better
[DISCLAIMER] I’m not a massage therapist, I’m a psychotherapist. Therefore, I use an ignorance-informed perspective when discussing...
Deric Hollings
Feb 5, 20243 min read
Practical Problems
[DISCLAIMER] When clients see me for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I find it useful to identify practical problems worthy of...
Deric Hollings
Feb 5, 20244 min read
An Intuitive Accountant
[DISCLAIMER] It isn’t uncommon for people to approach psychotherapy with me in regards to what they present as an identified issue. For...
Deric Hollings
Feb 5, 20243 min read
The Client's New Clothes
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use As a child, I enjoyed Hans Christian Andersen’s tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” Summarizing the...
Deric Hollings
Feb 5, 20244 min read
Acceptance is Losing?
[DISCLAIMER] A close friend of mine, “Blanca,” recently sent me an Instagram reel in which an individual stated the following: The person...
Deric Hollings
Feb 4, 20248 min read
Self-Disturbed Dream
[DISCLAIMER] I once worked with an adherent of psychoanalytic theory who professed the ability to interpret people’s dreams. Perhaps I’m...
Deric Hollings
Feb 4, 20246 min read
Argument by Exception
[DISCLAIMER] Have you ever disagreed with someone who used an argument by exception—the argument that a principle is contradicted (not...
Deric Hollings
Jan 31, 20242 min read
Stopping a Runaway Train
[DISCLAIMER] According to one source, “The train of thought or track of thought refers to the interconnection in the sequence of ideas...
Deric Hollings
Jan 31, 20243 min read
How Would You Like to be Remembered?
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, photographer: Marcela Patino, fair use My dear friend “Jammies,” a professional model and makeup artist,...
Deric Hollings
Jan 31, 20243 min read
Perverse Qualifiers
[ DISCLAIMER ] Perverse qualifiers Have you heard terms such as “our democracy,” “the science,” “hate crime,” or other rhetorical...
Deric Hollings
Jan 31, 20249 min read
Use of Psychotherapeutic Questions
[DISCLAIMER] Long before I became a psychotherapist and began practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I served in the United...
Deric Hollings
Jan 29, 20244 min read
Tolerating Fed Ops
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Increasingly, I’ve encountered opinions of people who claim that any skepticism of the...
Deric Hollings
Jan 29, 20247 min read
Does That Make Sense?
[DISCLAIMER] When working at an internship site while involved in a graduate social work program, I had a trainer who would explain new...
Deric Hollings
Jan 28, 20242 min read
Think for Yourself
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The term “dimwit” may be defined as a stupid person. The adjective “dim” infers that one isn’t bright...
Deric Hollings
Jan 28, 20244 min read
What a Treet!
[DISCLAIMER] Although I was familiar with the genre of music broadly called “techno” when in high school, I didn’t fully appreciate what...
Deric Hollings
Jan 28, 20244 min read
Genocide
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use I recall being in high school when hip hop collective Bloods & Crips released the album Bangin on...
Deric Hollings
Jan 27, 20246 min read
Bring on the Questions
[DISCLAIMER] When contacted by prospective clients about psychotherapeutic services, I find that people often have a number of standard...
Deric Hollings
Jan 25, 20246 min read
Subjectivity of Consequences
[DISCLAIMER] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) uses the ABC model to demonstrate how irrational beliefs lead to unpleasant...
Deric Hollings
Jan 25, 20244 min read
Meta Consequential
[DISCLAIMER] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) uses the ABC model to demonstrate how when an Activating event happens and we...
Deric Hollings
Jan 25, 20244 min read
Nonverbal and Paraverbal Communication
[DISCLAIMER] Although I practice Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), strictly through use of teletherapy, I still find it important...
Deric Hollings
Jan 23, 20244 min read
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