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Is Your Hood Terrible?

[ DISCLAIMER ] When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I teach people about the ABC model of self-disturbance (how people upset themselves through use of irrational beliefs ). Now, I’ll address a finer point of this psychotherapeutic model of wellness . For context, REBT uses the ABC model to illustrate how when an undesirable A ction occurs and you B elieve an unhelpful narrative about the event, it’s your unfavorable a

Hip Hop and REBT

Deric Hollings

Mar 209 min read

The Awful, Very Bad, Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Unacceptable Elements of Life

[ DISCLAIMER ] With the exception of a couple years in my youth during which I lived in Aurora, Colorado, I was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas. With the latest estimate of a Texas citizenry comprised of 40.2% Hispanic or Latino people, I suspect this figure was similarly-sized during my youth. As such, I was raised around a lot of Mexicans. Notably, during the ignorance of adolescence, I befriended Mexican gang members predominately affiliated with the Crips and Su

Deric Hollings

Dec 21, 202516 min read

Was It Truly Awful?

[ DISCLAIMER ] I recently discussed with client X the death of an elderly family member. The person with whom I’ve worked for quite some time is familiar with both the ABC model and unconditional acceptance (UA) of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). Nevertheless, client X self-disturbed regarding beliefs about the passing of a loved one. For context, it may be useful to discuss the two aforementioned techniques used in REBT. This is done for your benefit, so th

Deric Hollings

Oct 20, 202510 min read