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Logical Consequence: Does It Consequentially Follow?
[ DISCLAIMER ] When providing psychoeducational lessons on my approach to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I find it useful to illustrate how the scripts which we tell ourselves are constructed (made or formed by combining or arranging parts or elements; set in logical order). Specifically, with my approach to care for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”), I invite people to consider philosophies of life which are rationa

Deric Hollings
20 hours ago7 min read


Rational Versus Irrational Thoughts and Beliefs
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use During my relatively brief stint as a DJ of electronic dance music (EDM), I mixed a track by...

Deric Hollings
Aug 1311 min read


Eff the Logic
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Logic and Reason When providing psychoeducational lessons to clients on Rational Emotive...

Deric Hollings
May 1610 min read


Logical Leap
[ DISCLAIMER ] Imagine that you’re visiting a wooded area and as you’re walking along a trail you hear the sound of pounding hoofbeats....

Deric Hollings
Feb 204 min read


Logically Inconsistent
[ DISCLAIMER ] *After having received an image takedown notice regarding the picture previously used on this blog entry, this blogpost has been modified to demonstrate good faith compliance with same on October 16, 2025. When using psychoeducation in regard to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I invite people to consider propositions which are rational—in accordance with both logic and reason . When demonstrating this lesson, I often use syllogisms . For example,

Deric Hollings
Feb 55 min read


Delusion
[DISCLAIMER] In 2009, when beginning graduate studies for counseling, I learned of the differentiation between the colloquial use of the...

Deric Hollings
Jan 7, 20246 min read


Rational vs. Irrational
[DISCLAIMER] Pages two and three of The REBT Therapist’s Pocket Companion address flexibility versus (vs.) passion and rational vs....

Deric Hollings
Jan 1, 20244 min read


Irrational Beliefs
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I assist people with identifying unhelpful, unhealthy,...

Deric Hollings
May 18, 20233 min read


Cultural Appropriation
[DISCLAIMER] REBT Practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), which uses the ABC Model, I remain mindful of the fact that a...

Deric Hollings
May 13, 202311 min read


Game Recognize Game
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use On game It was in my youth that I first heard the phrase “ game recognize game ,” alluding to the...

Deric Hollings
May 3, 202310 min read


Pillars
[DISCLAIMER] When listening to the laidback song “Pillars” by MindsOne and Kev Brown, I’m reminded of something I heard when undergoing...

Deric Hollings
Apr 28, 20235 min read
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