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What a Treet!
[DISCLAIMER] Although I was familiar with the genre of music broadly called “techno” when in high school, I didn’t fully appreciate what...
Deric Hollings
Jan 28, 20244 min read
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Subjectivity of Consequences
[DISCLAIMER] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) uses the ABC model to demonstrate how irrational beliefs lead to unpleasant...
Deric Hollings
Jan 25, 20244 min read
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Meta Consequential
[DISCLAIMER] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) uses the ABC model to demonstrate how when an Activating event happens and we...
Deric Hollings
Jan 25, 20244 min read
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And Here We Go
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, DC Studios, Warner Bros., fair use **The Dark Knight spoiler contained herein My favorite DC Comics-inspired...
Deric Hollings
Jan 13, 20247 min read
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It's In the Past
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, The Walt Disney Company, fair use One of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”) films I most treasure is The Lion...
Deric Hollings
Jan 11, 20244 min read
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Desire Much, but Need Very Little
[ DISCLAIMER ] Page 21 of The REBT Therapist’s Pocket Companion invites practitioners of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) to...
Deric Hollings
Jan 10, 20243 min read
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Self-Inflicted Insult to Injury
[DISCLAIMER] Imagine using your smartphone to engage in a flame war—a lengthy exchange of angry or abusive messages between users of an...
Deric Hollings
Jan 6, 20244 min read
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Sensitivity
[DISCLAIMER] Yesterday, I went to the grocery store and discovered that my preferred entry point was blocked off by employees....
Deric Hollings
Jan 5, 20243 min read
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Right Here, Right Now
[DISCLAIMER] On his 1998 album You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, electronic dance music (EDM) artist Fatboy Slim released a song called...
Deric Hollings
Dec 22, 20234 min read
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The Sneetches
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Dr. Seuss In childhood, I enjoyed visiting the Amarillo Public Library with other kids who attended...
Deric Hollings
Dec 12, 20238 min read
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DND
[DISCLAIMER] Blanca’s anecdote and REBT In relation to privacy notification or function for many digital devices and applications, “DND”...
Deric Hollings
Oct 19, 20237 min read
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When Others Don't Share Your Worldview
[DISCLAIMER] **Hollings Therapy, LLC disavows violence associated with the matters discussed herein. The is-ought problem Niccolò...
Deric Hollings
Oct 10, 20238 min read
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The Path You Accept
[DISCLAIMER] I recall that in early adulthood I came to appreciate “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. In particular, the fourth stanza...
Deric Hollings
Oct 3, 20238 min read
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Shadowboxin'
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Allow me to demonstrate the special technique of shadowboxing In 1995, GZA, of the Wu-Tang Clan,...
Deric Hollings
Oct 3, 20237 min read
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Where's Your Head At?
[DISCLAIMER] On the 2001 album Rooty, electronic dance music (EDM) duo Basement Jaxx released a song entitled “Where’s your head at”?...
Deric Hollings
Sep 11, 20234 min read
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Trust Life
[DISCLAIMER] While there are many impactful lessons I could cite from the work of Maya Angelou, one of the most meaningful pieces of...
Deric Hollings
Sep 10, 20234 min read
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Something Shiny
[DISCLAIMER] As a child, I watched the television series Shaka Zulu that related to the life of Shaka kaSenzangakhona, king of the Zulu...
Deric Hollings
Aug 30, 20234 min read
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Do Something About It
[DISCLAIMER] There’s a scene in the 2009 film Mother and Child that stood out to me when watching it and thinking about how I approach...
Deric Hollings
Aug 2, 20234 min read
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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
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