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Sojourner
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use The Activist Describing the above photo, one source states: This carte de visite depicts...
Deric Hollings
May 1312 min read
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In Your Dreams
[ DISCLAIMER ] The above photo was taken on a trip to Washington, D.C. when I was in high school. The family that took me in to live...
Deric Hollings
May 126 min read
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C Is for Contentment and That's Good Enough for Me
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Reeves Teletape Studios and Kaufman Astoria Studios, fair use In childhood, I adored the...
Deric Hollings
May 75 min read
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Plato's Allegory of the Cave
[ DISCLAIMER ] For most of my life, I was allegorically chained to a wall in the cave of ignorance (lacking of knowledge, education, or...
Deric Hollings
Apr 307 min read
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Cold and Hot Possibilities
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use On November 24, 2024, legacy media outlet The Economist published a piece stating, “Of Donald...
Deric Hollings
Jan 1111 min read
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Traditional ABC Model
[ DISCLAIMER ] Imagine that you sought my services for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”). Aside...
Deric Hollings
Jan 97 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Challenging the B-C Paradigm
[DISCLAIMER] One of the fundamental techniques used in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is practice of the ABC model—not merely...
Deric Hollings
Mar 5, 20245 min read
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Unfortunate Events
[DISCLAIMER] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) operates on two fundamental principles: The ABC model and unconditional acceptance....
Deric Hollings
Mar 4, 20243 min read
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Go with the Flow
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Although the above-featured image was generated using artificial intelligence, the scene reminds me...
Deric Hollings
Mar 2, 20247 min read
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Listening for the ABCs
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I listen closely for the Actions, Beliefs, and Consequences of the...
Deric Hollings
Feb 24, 20243 min read
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Building Sandcastles
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In elementary school, I looked through the pages of an encyclopedia collection and came upon an image...
Deric Hollings
Feb 8, 20244 min read
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Where's Your Head At?
[DISCLAIMER] On the 2001 album Rooty, electronic dance music (EDM) duo Basement Jaxx released a song entitled “Where’s your head at”?...
Deric Hollings
Sep 11, 20234 min read
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The 'Rithm, the Rebel
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The rhythm, the rebel In 1988, rap collective Public Enemy released an album entitled It Takes a...
Deric Hollings
Aug 23, 20236 min read
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Sunk-Cost Fallacy
[DISCLAIMER] Beliefs and their impact Have you ever been excited to do something that ultimately wasn’t helpful or healthy for you? If...
Deric Hollings
Jun 6, 20237 min read
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The ABC Model
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) I teach clients about how their minds impact...
Deric Hollings
Nov 9, 20223 min read
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The Formula
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The D.O.C. One of my favorite members of N.W.A was The D.O.C., whose 1989 album No One Can Do It...
Deric Hollings
Nov 2, 20226 min read
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