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Paradoxical Goal?
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use A paradox is a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense...
Deric Hollings
Sep 25, 20257 min read
The Cat Pissed on George!
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use When I was a child, my mom kept in close touch with a friend from her youth (“Kay”)....
Deric Hollings
Sep 19, 20256 min read
Options
[ DISCLAIMER ] The Wisdom of My Late Stepmom Earlier, I listened to the track “ Options ”, from the Su & Tye – EP (2025), by Sule ...
Deric Hollings
Aug 31, 202514 min read
An Abortive Approach to Self-Disturbance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), photo credit (edited), fair use When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive...
Deric Hollings
Aug 26, 20258 min read
Dispense With That Ish
[ DISCLAIMER ] Years ago, when asked by a friend to housesit, I sent the above photo which related to irrationality (a cognitive ...
Deric Hollings
Aug 13, 20256 min read
Swallowed
[ DISCLAIMER ] Not long after being stationed aboard Camp Kinser in Okinawa, Japan (1997), the album Razorblade Suitcase (1996) by...
Deric Hollings
Aug 12, 20259 min read
Self-Disturbed About a Lack of Readership
[ DISCLAIMER ] Dating back to the days of MySpace, I’ve enjoyed posting written content for readership (the mass or a particular group...
Deric Hollings
Aug 11, 20258 min read
The Scourge of the Wrestling World
[ DISCLAIMER ] The above photo was taken when I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan (1997-1999). The Marine mimicking a wrestling hold is...
Deric Hollings
Aug 7, 20258 min read
Sojourner
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use The Activist Describing the above photo, one source states: This carte de visite depicts...
Deric Hollings
May 13, 202512 min read
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 12, 20256 min read
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 7, 20255 min read
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 30, 20257 min read
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 11, 202511 min read
Traditional ABC Model
[ DISCLAIMER ] Imagine that you sought my services for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”). Aside...
Deric Hollings
Jan 9, 20257 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
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
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
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
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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