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Brief ABC Vignette - Texting
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use For quick Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) practice, whereby I will use the ABC Model,...
Deric Hollings
Mar 22, 20236 min read
Boggles the Mind
[DISCLAIMER] I can’t recall exactly when in my youth I began to appreciate graphic novels and comic books. What I do remember from...
Deric Hollings
Mar 22, 20237 min read
Matching Bracelets
[DISCLAIMER] Social work snobbery Within the field of mental health treatment, a number of practitioners appear to apply the façade of...
Deric Hollings
Mar 21, 20237 min read
The Three MUST-get-eers
[DISCLAIMER] Albert Ellis, the architect of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), is credited with having stated, “There are three...
Deric Hollings
Mar 20, 20234 min read
Practice
[DISCLAIMER] Slightly over two decades ago, after a defeat to the Boston Celtics, 76ers player Allen Iverson referenced “practice”...
Deric Hollings
Mar 20, 20234 min read
Car Talk
[DISCLAIMER] Rapsody Hands down, my favorite Jamla Records lyricist is Rapsody. On Jamla’s album 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is The Squad,...
Deric Hollings
Mar 20, 20238 min read
Monolithic Misconception
[DISCLAIMER] The O. J. verdict In 1995, I sat on the couch in the den of my family home, located in Aurora, Colorado, months after...
Deric Hollings
Mar 18, 20235 min read
Passing the Baton
[DISCLAIMER] Before I sought education to become a mental health counselor, I was in a romantic relationship with a bartender who worked...
Deric Hollings
Mar 17, 20236 min read
Bar NCO
[DISCLAIMER] MSG duty I don’t recall learning much about economics during childhood. In fact, it wasn’t until I joined the United States...
Deric Hollings
Mar 16, 20237 min read
Everybody's Got One
[ DISCLAIMER ] There’s an old saying expressed in varying ways, as follows : “Opinions are like assholes; everybody has one;” “Opinions...
Deric Hollings
Mar 15, 20236 min read
Victimhood's Journey
[DISCLAIMER] Heroism’s journey In his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces, author Joseph Campbell summarized the hero monomyth...
Deric Hollings
Mar 14, 20236 min read
A Patchwork Quilt
[DISCLAIMER] The whole quilt Imagine inheriting a homemade patchwork quilt, passed down through generations within your family....
Deric Hollings
Mar 14, 20237 min read
Square Peg, Meet Round Hole
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use A lesson from childhood Though it was designed for use by toddlers, as a child, I recall playing with...
Deric Hollings
Mar 13, 20237 min read
Controlling the Flow of Harm
[ DISCLAIMER ] Nukes do exist While on voluntary appellate leave regarding a court-martial, and shortly after being discharged from the...
Deric Hollings
Mar 12, 20238 min read
Unconditional Life-Acceptance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Horseshoes In my youth, I enjoyed playing the game of horseshoes . This lawn contest was usually played by two people, or...
Deric Hollings
Mar 11, 20238 min read
Road Rage
[DISCLAIMER] Road rage Road rage is defined as “a motorist’s uncontrolled anger that is usually provoked by another motorist’s irritating...
Deric Hollings
Mar 9, 20237 min read
Let Them Fight
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The wisdom of Dr. Serizawa In the 2014 film Godzilla, fictional monsters begin to battle as a...
Deric Hollings
Mar 8, 20235 min read
Sticks and Stones
[DISCLAIMER] From childhood, I recall when children would often say, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words shall never hurt...
Deric Hollings
Mar 7, 20236 min read
Accepting What Is
[DISCLAIMER] As is usually the case with my rap-influenced blog content, when working out this morning I heard a song worth discussing...
Deric Hollings
Mar 7, 20233 min read
What is rEBt?
[DISCLAIMER] When familiarizing people with Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I usually begin by discussing the ABC Model. To...
Deric Hollings
Mar 5, 20234 min read
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