Although I don’t identify as a “creative,” I’ve produced content that people have identified in this manner. Up until junior high school, I won a number of art contests and was once briefly featured on television for one of my drawings.
Then, once I learned how to compose graffiti designs in high school, accolades from authoritative sources altogether stopped. At around that time, I began DJing. At first, I made cassette tape mixes which predominately featured hip hop music.
Continuing this practice into adulthood, I expanded my musical genres to include dancehall reggae and electronic dance music (EDM) when creating compact disc mixes. Long after the military, a number of Marines have since told me that they still retain discs I made for them.
I’ve drawn t-shirt designs for various organizations, dabbled in creative writing, been offered a spot to DJ at a popular club in Peru, and have practiced the art of photography since elementary school. Although I’m not a “creative,” I’ve done creative things.
Now that I practice Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) professionally, I use creativity with behavioral health care, per page 212 of The REBT Therapist’s Pocket Companion. In sessions with clients, I find that a creative spark can keep people engaged in this process.
As an example, creative shame attacking exercises which are negotiated for homework tasks may be challenging though they also serve as a mechanism to facilitate kinesthetic learning—whole-body movement to process new or difficult information.
Additionally, I post a lot of free content within my blog. To my knowledge, I’m the world’s foremost old school hip hop REBT psychotherapist as well as the world’s original EDM-influenced REBT practitioner.
Using content from various rap and EDM songs, I demonstrate the principles of rational living in a creative way. Although I won’t likely win any awards for my creative REBT practice, I’m content with the prize of believing that I may’ve made a difference in at least one person’s life before the song that is my existence inevitably comes to an end.
If you’re looking for a provider who works to help you understand how thinking impacts physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral elements of your life—helping you to sharpen your critical thinking skills, I invite you to reach out today by using the contact widget on my website.
As a psychotherapist, I’m pleased to help people with an assortment of issues ranging from anger (hostility, rage, and aggression) to relational issues, adjustment matters, trauma experience, justice involvement, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and depression, and other mood or personality-related matters.
At Hollings Therapy, LLC, serving all of Texas, I aim to treat clients with dignity and respect while offering a multi-lensed approach to the practice of psychotherapy and life coaching. My mission includes: Prioritizing the cognitive and emotive needs of clients, an overall reduction in client suffering, and supporting sustainable growth for the clients I serve. Rather than simply helping you to feel better, I want to help you get better!
Deric Hollings, LPC, LCSW
References:
Dryden, W. and Neenan, M. (2003). The REBT Therapist’s Pocket Companion. Albert Ellis Institute. Retrieved from https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-rebt-therapists-pocket-companion-d185164652.html
Hollings, D. (2024, May 30). Behavioral health care. Hollings Therapy, LLC. Retrieved from https://www.hollingstherapy.com/post/behavioral-health-care
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Hollings, D. (2022, September 8). Shame attacking. Hollings Therapy, LLC. Retrieved from https://www.hollingstherapy.com/post/shame-attacking
Vecstock. (n.d.). Creative light bulb abstract on glowing blue background generative AI [Image]. Freepik. Retrieved from https://www.freepik.com/free-ai-image/creative-light-bulb-abstract-glowing-blue-background-generative-ai_40936671.htm#fromView=search&page=1&position=0&uuid=61634e0e-42c3-4c66-bffe-c299c2ed7491
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