Deric Hollings
Disturbed
[DISCLAIMER] Disturbed When viewing music through the lens of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I typically write about rap or...
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Deric Hollings
Mar 144 min read
REBT and Emotions
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I occasionally encounter criticism about the perceived promotion...
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Deric Hollings
Mar 145 min read
I Could "Should" Myself to Death
[DISCLAIMER] *Yellowstone spoilers contained herein. Property of Paramount Network, fair use When watching season five, episode two of...
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Deric Hollings
Mar 55 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 58 min read
'Bout That Action
[DISCLAIMER] I recall years ago when having a discussion with a client about activism, the individual expressed surprise when I didn’t...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 234 min read
Tautology
[DISCLAIMER] A rhetorical tautology may be described as the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 234 min read
Wacky Beliefs
[DISCLAIMER] I enjoyed visiting arcades when I was a child. Although I wasn’t particularly skillful when playing electronic games (e.g.,...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 226 min read
Relax Your Mind, Let Your Conscious be Free
[DISCLAIMER] In 1989, I attended LL Cool J’s Nitro World Tour, which featured Eazy-E, N.W.A, Slick Rick, De La Soul, and though he was...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 185 min read
Dancing Through the Bullshit
[DISCLAIMER] To say that my time as a Marine Security Guard in Lima, Peru from August 2000 to March 2001 was challenging would be an...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 185 min read
Accepting the Tendency to Self-Disturb
[DISCLAIMER] Although they may exist without my knowledge, I’m unaware of humans who don’t ever urinate or defecate. Even if there are...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 177 min read
Seeing is Believing
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The proverb “seeing is believing” relates to the notion that one needs to visually observe something...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 167 min read
Disturbing Over Gremlins
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use As a child, I thoroughly enjoyed the film Gremlins (1984). In particular, I was amused by the...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 146 min read
Insufferable vs. Undesirable
[DISCLAIMER] Having attended Valleyview Junior High School in my youth, I witnessed a homecoming football custom for which students...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 135 min read
Focus on the Target Problem
[DISCLAIMER] Unlike some people within the field of mental, emotional, and behavioral health or wellness, I’ve chosen not to ditch the...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 134 min read
(I Know I Got) Skillz
[DISCLAIMER] In 1993, I had a set of aftermarket 5”x7” Pioneer speakers with a Pioneer head unit that played cassette tapes in my Ford...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 104 min read
Dumpin' from ya Drawls
[DISCLAIMER] In high school, I had a friend who I’ll refer to herein as “1/2 Ton.” I nicknamed him this, because he later allegedly had a...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 84 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
Feb 53 min read
An Intuitive Accountant
[DISCLAIMER] It isn’t uncommon for people to approach psychotherapy with me in regards to what they present as an identified issue. For...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 46 min read
Self-Disturbed Dream
[DISCLAIMER] I once worked with an adherent of psychoanalytic theory who professed the ability to interpret people’s dreams. Perhaps I’m...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 284 min read
What a Treet!
[DISCLAIMER] Although I was familiar with the genre of music broadly called “techno” when in high school, I didn’t fully appreciate what...
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