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REBT Elevator Pitch
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use An elevator pitch is a brief description of a concept in a way such that the listener grasps the...
Deric Hollings
Jan 11, 20245 min read
Weathering the Storm
[DISCLAIMER] The phrase “weather the storm” alludes to one’s ability to deal with a challenging occurrence without being harmed or...
Deric Hollings
Oct 28, 20235 min read
Touching Grass in Round Top
[DISCLAIMER] Recently, my friend, “Jammies,” invited me to the largest antiques show in the United States, which took place in Round Top,...
Deric Hollings
Oct 24, 20234 min read
I'm My Own Mechanic
[DISCLAIMER] Vehicle maintenance I know very little about vehicle maintenance. Sure, I can check fluids and tire pressure, change...
Deric Hollings
Oct 15, 20237 min read
Get Better
[DISCLAIMER] Level of functioning and quality of life Regarding my role as a psychotherapist and as it relates to the practice of...
Deric Hollings
Oct 12, 20237 min read
Cowboy Up
[DISCLAIMER] Though I was born and mostly raised in Texas, having lived the majority of my life in this state, I don’t identify as a...
Deric Hollings
Sep 7, 20237 min read
Three Things
[DISCLAIMER] I recently had conversations with three people about the limits of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). For the sake of...
Deric Hollings
Aug 20, 20237 min read
Tolerating Tomfoolery
[DISCLAIMER] A number of years ago, before I ever heard of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I had a friend who I’ll refer to as...
Deric Hollings
Jul 17, 20235 min read
Part of the Whole
[DISCLAIMER] I once took apart an iPhone in order to replace a faulty battery. Because I wasn’t skilled at the task, it was an onerous...
Deric Hollings
Jul 8, 20234 min read
Eternity
[DISCLAIMER] I’m comfortable admitting that I don’t know everything. In fact, I don’t know a lot about most things. Even those matters...
Deric Hollings
Jun 25, 20236 min read
Juneteenth
[DISCLAIMER] Juneteenth I don’t know how reliable my memory is after the passing of just over four and a half decades and repeated head...
Deric Hollings
Jun 18, 20239 min read
Touching Grass From the Past
[DISCLAIMER] In 1999, when initially assigned to a security detachment (det) at the United States (U.S.) Consulate General in Rio de...
Deric Hollings
May 31, 20239 min read
Stop MUSTerbating
[DISCLAIMER] Not speaking from personal experience, masturbation—the sexual stimulation of one’s own genitals for sexual arousal or other...
Deric Hollings
May 24, 20234 min read
Better Off Alone
[DISCLAIMER] Do you think you’re better off alone? In 2000, while stationed in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil as a Marine Security Guard, I...
Deric Hollings
May 22, 202317 min read
Cognitive Reframing
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, artist: Gary Larson, fair use Do you ever have days in which you experience some undesirable event and...
Deric Hollings
May 15, 20238 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
Stop Shoulding Everywhere
[DISCLAIMER] We gotta’ go now For my first year of being stationed in Okinawa, Japan, I had a Marine roommate, who I’ll call “Tyler,”...
Deric Hollings
May 12, 20237 min read
Use of Humor
[ DISCLAIMER ] Axl The above-featured photo was taken when I lived in a children’s home during my eighth grade year. The boy displayed...
Deric Hollings
May 12, 20239 min read
Feeling Better vs. Getting Better
[DISCLAIMER] Here to help you get better, not feel better One distinguished principle of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), an...
Deric Hollings
May 7, 20238 min read
Another Chance
[DISCLAIMER] The song It was in the summer of 2001 when I first heard Roger Sanchez’s song “Another Chance,” featuring the vocals of...
Deric Hollings
May 6, 20238 min read
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