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You Should Listen
[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 Action occurs and you Believe an unhelpful narrative about the event, it’s your unfavorable assumption, n

Deric Hollings
6 days ago7 min read


I Still Had to Learn the Hard Way
[ DISCLAIMER ] On the talented hip hop producer Apollo Brown ’s compilation album Grandeur (2015) is the track “ The Hard Way ” which features lyricists Saga and Ty Farris . When advising Saga, Ty Farris states: Knucklehead for life, wish you would’ve took some advice Shooting dice all night, hit the club, and start a fight That ain’t right That’s why you writing, and your homie is doing that time ‘Cause you was really doing that stupid shit you threw in your rhymes If

Deric Hollings
Apr 207 min read


Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes
[ DISCLAIMER ] When I was in high school, R&B group TLC (singer Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins , singer Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas , and the late singer and rapper Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes ) released their second studio album CrazySexyCool (1994). It was my favorite anthology by the group! On the album was the song “ Sumthin’ Wicked This Way Comes ” that featured lyricist André 3000 (of Outkast fame). Noteworthy, the song’s namesake is derived from William Shakespeare ’s The Trage

Deric Hollings
Apr 1111 min read


You've Got to Stand for Something, or You'll Fall for Anything
[ DISCLAIMER ] In my youth, public service announcements (PSAs) were a common method of teaching morals and ethics . For clarity, a moral is a person’s standard of behavior or belief concerning what is and isn’t acceptable for the individual and other people. Morals thus relate to what’s considered good, bad, right, wrong, or otherwise acceptable or unacceptable. An ethic is a set of moral principles , especially those relating to or affirming a specified group, field,

Deric Hollings
Mar 1711 min read


You Should Take Heed
[ 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

Deric Hollings
Dec 11, 20257 min read


Show Me How You Feel: I Wish You Would Heal It
[ 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

Deric Hollings
Nov 26, 20259 min read


Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
[ DISCLAIMER ] When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I teach people about the ABC...

Deric Hollings
Sep 7, 20256 min read


You Better!
[ DISCLAIMER ] When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I teach people about the ABC...

Deric Hollings
Sep 7, 20257 min read
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