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No Holds Barred
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1991, when attending Valleyview Junior High School in Amarillo, Texas, I was required to participate in a speech...
Deric Hollings
Jan 287 min read
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Anxiety About Freezing Weather
[DISCLAIMER] Winter storms I was born and predominately raised in Amarillo, Texas (featured above) where snowstorms and even blizzards...
Deric Hollings
Jan 15, 20248 min read
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Dark Place
[DISCLAIMER] On his 2020 album No Pressure, lyricist Logic featured a track entitled “Dark Place,” with which I identify. Because there’s...
Deric Hollings
Dec 16, 20238 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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Touching Grass in the Sky
[DISCLAIMER] Written on June 7, 2023 Posted on June 12, 2023 I recall my first flight ever. I was in fifth grade, flying alone from...
Deric Hollings
Jun 12, 20238 min read
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Luv(sic)
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, artist, fair use Nujabes and REBT During his lifetime, one of my favorite chillhop producers was Jun Seba,...
Deric Hollings
Oct 30, 202216 min read
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Unconditional Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] **Fire hip hop music contained in each linked “Let It Go” reference** Context One of the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy...
Deric Hollings
Jul 11, 202218 min read
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What the Future Holds
[DISCLAIMER] There are a number of rap groups—duos, trios, etc.—that are heavily intertwined with various periods of my life. One such...
Deric Hollings
Jun 30, 20229 min read
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Rigid Terms of Service
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Using Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I help clients challenge unhelpful and unhealthy...
Deric Hollings
Jun 27, 20226 min read
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Circle of Concern
[DISCLAIMER] When considering what impact I have on my life, on the lives of others, and the world as a whole, I find it useful to...
Deric Hollings
May 17, 20228 min read
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The Bad Hand
[DISCLAIMER] I recently posted a blog entry describing my approach to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). Subsequently, I drafted a...
Deric Hollings
Mar 28, 202213 min read
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Hip Hop and REBT
[DISCLAIMER] For a number of people with whom I grew up, rap music was a phase through which they went and revisit only on occasion. That...
Deric Hollings
Mar 25, 20228 min read
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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
[DISCLAIMER] *Originally posted on March 24, 2022, and updated on February 22, 2024 The main psychotherapeutic modality used by Hollings...
Deric Hollings
Mar 24, 202217 min read
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