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Presumed Innocence
[DISCLAIMER] Da’ Dip On his 1996 album Controversee... That’s Life... and That’s the Way It Is, rapper Freak Nasty released a song...
Deric Hollings
Sep 22, 20238 min read
Parable of the Sower
[DISCLAIMER] When thinking about my approach to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I appreciate the biblical wisdom related to the...
Deric Hollings
Sep 22, 20234 min read
You're Gonna Die Someday
[DISCLAIMER] In a blogpost entitled You Gon’ Die: The Existential Window, I stated: “In 2010, when attending a graduate-level counseling...
Deric Hollings
Sep 22, 20234 min read
Proof by Intimidation
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use By the time I began graduate studies for social work, I already maintained a Master of Arts in...
Deric Hollings
Sep 20, 20234 min read
A Messy Situation
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, Nickelodeon, fair use Mudslinging is defined as the use of insults and accusations, especially unjust ones,...
Deric Hollings
Sep 20, 20235 min read
No B.S.
[DISCLAIMER] N.B.S. On his 2007 album The Dream Merchant Vol. 2, hip hop producer 9th Wonder released a song entitled “You Wanna” which...
Deric Hollings
Sep 20, 20236 min read
Life Coaching
[DISCLAIMER] In 2011, I earned a Master of Arts in Counseling degree. At that point, I began clinical practice with clients. Thereafter,...
Deric Hollings
Sep 19, 20235 min read
Unconditional Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] DT The most influential person in my lifetime was my late stepmom, “DT.” Although we disagreed on the timeline, I was...
Deric Hollings
Sep 19, 202310 min read
The Four Horsemen
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use As a child, my dad practiced the religious faith of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Sharing information in...
Deric Hollings
Sep 18, 20236 min read
Sociopolitical Pills
[DISCLAIMER] My aim in regards to writing difficult blog content Lately, I’ve written about some pretty heavy content related to...
Deric Hollings
Sep 18, 20237 min read
What Brand of Feminism is This?
[DISCLAIMER] For those unaware, Russell Brand has recently been accused of “rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse.” I have no personal...
Deric Hollings
Sep 18, 20235 min read
That's Knot Friendship
[DISCLAIMER] As a child, I enjoyed untangling yarn. Looking back, I was a strange little kid. Maybe the hyperactivity and lack of focus I...
Deric Hollings
Sep 17, 20237 min read
300
[DISCLAIMER] Even though Frank Miller and Lynn Varley’s story isn’t historically accurate, I enjoy Zack Snyder’s depiction of the tale by...
Deric Hollings
Sep 16, 20236 min read
Gaslighting
[DISCLAIMER] On the 2000 album Let’s Get Free, rap group Dead Prez released a song entitled “Psychology” which featured the line,...
Deric Hollings
Sep 16, 20235 min read
Psychotherapeutic Modalities
[DISCLAIMER] What are psychotherapeutic modalities? I recently had a conversation with someone and I was reminded of common knowledge in...
Deric Hollings
Sep 15, 20237 min read
War is Coming
[DISCLAIMER] In the opening scene of The Fifth Element (1997), a member of an alien race that is friendly to humans, known as the...
Deric Hollings
Sep 14, 20239 min read
Global Evaluations
[DISCLAIMER] Regarding Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), one source identifies “four categories of irrational belief:...
Deric Hollings
Sep 13, 20234 min read
Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] On their 2018 album entitled Delivery, French producers Zoom & Rectape featured the vocals of Dominique Larue for the song...
Deric Hollings
Sep 13, 20237 min read
A Dilapidated Home
[DISCLAIMER] Years ago, I had a discussion with nitape’skw about immigration, migration, and social welfare practices. Both of us heard...
Deric Hollings
Sep 12, 20235 min read
Where There's Smoke, There's Fire
[DISCLAIMER] On August 26, 2023, I posted a blog entry entitled A Series of Unfortunate Events, in which I addressed a rational concern...
Deric Hollings
Sep 12, 20236 min read
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