top of page
Blog Reminder
Please be mindful of the fact that if you subscribe to or comment on this blog, others may be able to see the name and/or contact details you enter. If you are uncomfortable with the self-initiated release of your name, you are encouraged to consider this reminder and use whatever option serves you best. Solicitation, marketing, botting, and other web-scraping subscriptions will be removed.
Deric Hollings
Mar 31, 20242 min read
A B-C Mess
[DISCLAIMER] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) posits that when an Action occurs and a person Believes something unhelpful about...
4 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 31, 20243 min read
QB Drills
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I assist clients with the disputation of irrational beliefs. To...
2 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 31, 202414 min read
M-M-M-Musturbation
[DISCLAIMER] Social Work and REBT Herein, I’ll address the topic of pornography. Not everyone will agree with or appreciate my...
6 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 30, 20247 min read
Play It Through
[DISCLAIMER] Although not a technique specific to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), my late stepmom taught me a helpful tool...
9 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 29, 202410 min read
I Can't Take It
[DISCLAIMER] For those readers who are unfamiliar with Texas history, the following information serves as context pertaining to this...
3 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 28, 20244 min read
Distorted Inferences
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) uses the ABC model to illustrate how when an Activating...
0 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 28, 20249 min read
Faulty Memory
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use I’m fascinated by how little I know about the function of the brain. Although, as a Rational Emotive...
3 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 28, 20244 min read
Practice How You Perform
[DISCLAIMER] Practice may be defined as the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to...
2 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 27, 20243 min read
Healthy vs. Unhealthy Frustration
[DISCLAIMER] When using the ABC model of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I encourage clients to consider the consequences of...
4 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 27, 20245 min read
Plastic People
[DISCLAIMER] Years ago, when interested in understanding the abnormal behavior of serial killers, I reviewed the case of Charles Manson....
6 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 27, 20245 min read
We All Can't Go
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, fair use As a child, I was taught a biblical story in which the prophet...
3 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 27, 202414 min read
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
[DISCLAIMER] For Career Discovery Day during my senior year of high school, a number of students and I who were interested in careers...
3 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 26, 20246 min read
O Death
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Having once subscribed to the Judeo-Christian values under which I was raised, I formerly...
3 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 25, 202412 min read
Normalization
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use People sometimes ask why I frequently use road rage examples when describing the ABC model of...
2 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 25, 20245 min read
Disappointingly Satisfying
[DISCLAIMER] After graduating high school, I moved from Amarillo, Texas to Aurora, Colorado – having previously resided in the latter...
4 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 24, 20245 min read
O Fortuna
[DISCLAIMER] I was on military leave, visiting friends and family members in Bomb City during the late ‘90s, when I first heard...
2 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 24, 202410 min read
Smartphone and Social Media Addiction
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Own your shit Over the years, I’ve heard a lot about smartphone and social media addiction. When...
6 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 23, 20244 min read
FLAT
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In 1999, Mr. Oizo released the song “Flat Beat.” At the time, I appreciated the way its varied tones...
0 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 23, 20243 min read
Activation
[DISCLAIMER] “Activation” may be defined as the action or process of making something active or operative. Here, “action” may be defined...
3 views0 comments
Deric Hollings
Mar 23, 20244 min read
AC/BC
[DISCLAIMER] In my blog, although I usually illustrate examples of Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy (REBT) using rap or electronic...
3 views0 comments
bottom of page