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When the Patients Gave me Therapy

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 08-30-2023 “There are many different types of strength in this world; mental fortitude is a tremendous one. The reality is, you cannot measure someone’s mental fortitude, because you will never be in their mind to feel how much they are suffering through.” -EaE I’ve had this amazing ability to numb outContinue reading “When the Patients Gave me Therapy”

Sob Stories

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 08-05-2023 “I have felt pain without religion, distraction, drugs or love.” -EaE There was a time (that I briefly experienced as a young girl in the 1990’s and a teen in the 2000’s) where sob stories were taboo. Talking about sad things and sad feelings was forbiddin and frowned upon. PovertyContinue reading “Sob Stories”

No Faith

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 07-20-2023 “But then again, I have a soul. That extends beyond this vision and flesh. That reaches up; can feel the sky. The world, spirit, and Universe enmesh.” -EaE I was six years old when I first went to Catholic school in Houston, TX. The jumper uniforms, the church, the strictContinue reading “No Faith”

Hypocritical Therapist

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 06-22-2023 “You should know better, you are a therapist….” “I want my therapist to not have flaws because I want to trust that they can guide me right.” “You’re not mentally ill though!” “How are you going to help someone when you have the same problem?” Oh… if I had aContinue reading “Hypocritical Therapist”

Battle of the Sexes

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 6-14-2023 “Women are more than sex objects and house maids, just as men are more than an ATM or a gift dispenser.” -EaE In the past decade or so we have seen an influx on research statistics regarding the ‘death of the nuclear family’ so to speak. Some common findings thatContinue reading “Battle of the Sexes”

Remember… “You signed up for this”

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-26-2023 “How many people can say that they know the look in a person’s eyes who is already dead? Mind made up. Ready to go to heaven. Ready to end it all, and then he did. I will never not blame myself.” -EaE Everyone asks me why I wrote my firstContinue reading “Remember… “You signed up for this””

Mommy Dearest

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-15-2023 We take for granted the things we have always had, that we never had to lose. In this case, it does not feel like a privilege, but a ‘right.’ But, it’s never a right. We are entitled to nothing. I have a recollection of puzzle pieced memories as a toddler.Continue reading “Mommy Dearest”

Work Work work work work

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-29-2023 It recently occurred to me that I have not yet written a blog specifically on the topic of how our stressful work lives/ environments factor into our deteriorating mental health. This is an important topic! As we often spend 40+ hours at our job’s week after week, month after month,Continue reading “Work Work work work work”

Learning the Art of Love

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-28-2023 ‘Unconditional love is for kids. Grownups need conditions. If you surrender all your love without conditions, it means you don’t have love for yourself.’ -EaE ‘He felt like my favorite coffee right next to a warm fireplace that never went out. If that makes any sense at all…. just pureContinue reading “Learning the Art of Love”