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Deric Hollings
Jul 14 min read
What You Resist Usually Persists
[DISCLAIMER] Long before learning about Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), when beginning the practice of life coaching in...
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Deric Hollings
Jul 16 min read
Three Sides to Every Story
[DISCLAIMER] My late stepmom used to say, “There’re three sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth. Only God knows the...
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Deric Hollings
Jul 17 min read
Difference Between Confrontation and Disputation
[DISCLAIMER] In my personal and professional life, I practice Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) which is a form of cognitive...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 3013 min read
Righteous Indignation
[DISCLAIMER] I chose to study Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in graduate school for counseling due to a number of reasons. One...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 296 min read
Why Would Anyone Take Advice From You?
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, photo-illustration by TIME; Getty Images, fair use Sometimes when negotiating homework exercises with clients,...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 285 min read
DEIA on the Way Out?
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use I’m well aware of the expressed belief from many people who claim that Kamala Harris wasn’t a...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 284 min read
iB and Therapy
[DISCLAIMER] My clinical practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is conducted strictly via teletherapy. Psychotherapeutic...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 284 min read
A Massive Shock to the Legal System
[DISCLAIMER] I’ve not been fond of some of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) rulings as of late. In particular, I disagree...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 287 min read
The Puppeteer and the Puppet
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, property of New Line Cinema, fair use I thoroughly enjoyed The Lord of the Rings film series which was based...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 269 min read
Righting Historical Wrongs
[DISCLAIMER] Growing up, not much was discussed in regard to my late maternal granddad’s background. Prior to his death in 1991, and...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 265 min read
I Ain't Trippin'
[DISCLAIMER] In the late ‘80s, rapper Too $hort released the album Life Is... Too Short (1988) which was introduced to me by my cousin...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 256 min read
FADE Away
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In a scene from the 1998 film Blade, Wesley Snipes stated, “Some mothafuckas always tryin’ to ice...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 253 min read
Obstacles to Change
[DISCLAIMER] When attending recruit training (boot camp) at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California in 1996, I was required to...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 259 min read
May You Live Forever
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, property of Warner Bros. Pictures, fair use In the film 300 (2006), there’s a scene in which Spartan king...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 246 min read
Contentment
[DISCLAIMER] Throughout the literature in support of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), happiness is referenced as a goal for this...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 244 min read
Stay Better
[DISCLAIMER] One of the main objectives for practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is to help people get better and not...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 216 min read
Common Enemy
[DISCLAIMER] There was a time that I used to see couples for behavioral health care, though I’ve since decided to take my practice into a...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 204 min read
It's All Bad
[DISCLAIMER] During my senior year of high school, lyricist E-40 released the album In a Major Way that featured the track “It’s All Bad”...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 206 min read
Break Out the Mask
[DISCLAIMER] Back when personalized ringtones were popular, before the first smartphone hit the market, I had Three 6 Mafia’s intro to...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 204 min read
Magical Thinking
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Suppose person X believes that washing one’s hands in a river will afford the individual to become...
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