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Deric Hollings
Jan 1111 min read
Cold and Hot Possibilities
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use On November 24, 2024, legacy media outlet The Economist published a piece stating, “Of Donald...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 97 min read
Traditional ABC Model
[ DISCLAIMER ] Imagine that you sought my services for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”). Aside...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Deric Hollings
Mar 5, 20245 min read
Challenging the B-C Paradigm
[DISCLAIMER] One of the fundamental techniques used in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is practice of the ABC model—not merely...
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Deric Hollings
Mar 4, 20243 min read
Unfortunate Events
[DISCLAIMER] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) operates on two fundamental principles: The ABC model and unconditional acceptance....
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Deric Hollings
Mar 2, 20247 min read
Go with the Flow
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Although the above-featured image was generated using artificial intelligence, the scene reminds me...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 24, 20243 min read
Listening for the ABCs
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I listen closely for the Actions, Beliefs, and Consequences of the...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 8, 20244 min read
Building Sandcastles
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In elementary school, I looked through the pages of an encyclopedia collection and came upon an image...
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Deric Hollings
Sep 11, 20234 min read
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”?...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 23, 20236 min read
The 'Rithm, the Rebel
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The rhythm, the rebel In 1988, rap collective Public Enemy released an album entitled It Takes a...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 6, 20237 min read
Sunk-Cost Fallacy
[DISCLAIMER] Beliefs and their impact Have you ever been excited to do something that ultimately wasn’t helpful or healthy for you? If...
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Deric Hollings
Nov 9, 20223 min read
The ABC Model
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) I teach clients about how their minds impact...
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Deric Hollings
Nov 2, 20226 min read
The Formula
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The D.O.C. One of my favorite members of N.W.A was The D.O.C., whose 1989 album No One Can Do It...
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