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Deric Hollings
Jan 11, 20244 min read
Therapeutic Alliance
[DISCLAIMER] Maintaining graduate degrees in both counseling and social work, I market myself as a psychotherapist. While colloquially...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 11, 20244 min read
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...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 10, 20247 min read
Don't be Jealous
[DISCLAIMER] REBT When I underwent training for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in 2021, a trainee passionately disagreed with a...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 10, 20243 min read
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 teach...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 10, 20244 min read
Button-Pushing
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, Lucasfilm LTD., The Walt Disney Company, fair use I recall seeing Star Wars films in theaters when I was a...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 9, 20246 min read
Grounding
[DISCLAIMER] If you’re anything like me, and I hope for your sake that you aren’t, you may sometimes experience difficulty with being...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 9, 20244 min read
Normal vs. Healthy
[DISCLAIMER] Page 19 of The REBT Therapist’s Pocket Companion addresses the notion that many Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 8, 20244 min read
The Baseball Rule of Life
[DISCLAIMER] On page 18 of The REBT Therapist’s Pocket Companion, I learned of a guideline previously unfamiliar to me. It’s called the...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 8, 20244 min read
Enlightened Self-Interest
[DISCLAIMER] “How you gon’ be a social worker when you don’t like people?” my late stepmom once asked me when informed that I was...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 8, 20243 min read
Suspicion vs. Belief
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use There’s a popular meme of character “Fry” from Futurama that depicts the look of...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 7, 20246 min read
Delusion
[DISCLAIMER] In 2009, when beginning graduate studies for counseling, I learned of the differentiation between the colloquial use of the...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 7, 20244 min read
Idols
[DISCLAIMER] As a child, I was told to hide my step-grandmother’s (“grandma”) behavior from my dad. Whereas she seemed to be irreligious,...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 7, 20244 min read
Why Is This Oven So Dirty?
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Yesterday, I spoke with my dear friend “Jammies” about her aspiration to begin the process of...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 6, 20243 min read
Happiness Is a By-Product
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Are you familiar with the expression “good vibes”? According to one source, it relates to “meaning...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 6, 20244 min read
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...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 6, 202412 min read
Letter to My Countrymen
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color Decisively, my favorite track from lyricist Brother Ali is...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 5, 20247 min read
U Don't Know Me
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Of all electronic dance music (EDM), I’m most fond of the house genre. Unlike many trance or...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 5, 20243 min read
Know the Limits
[DISCLAIMER] When going through Marine boot camp land navigation (nav) in 1996, I recall there being foggy conditions which made for more...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 5, 20243 min read
Sensitivity
[DISCLAIMER] Yesterday, I went to the grocery store and discovered that my preferred entry point was blocked off by employees....
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Deric Hollings
Jan 4, 20244 min read
Rigid vs. Rigorous
[DISCLAIMER] In The REBT Therapist’s Pocket Companion, page nine invites Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) practitioners to assist...
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