Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 12-27-2025 Mental disorders are finally getting some recognition and empathy, but there is still a long way to go with educating our general public. One topic that is rarely highlighted, is how our mental illnesses can bleed onto other people. People do not choose to have mental disorders, it’s an unfortunateContinue reading “Mental Punishments”
Tag Archives: emotional barriers
PTSD & Minimization
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 11-07-2025 I learned early on in my career that I cannot ask someone “Have you experienced any traumatic events?” Why? Because I had to recognize that if I want the truth, I need to be specific so that the client cannot minimize or deny what they have been through. They don’tContinue reading “PTSD & Minimization”
Disorganized Attachment
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 10-04-2025 It’s human nature to seek love, because it is a developmental, physiological, mental, and emotional need. But what happens when this need is met with both love and chaos? Love with abuse? Love with betrayal? Love with confusion? People might develop the pattern of seeking love while fearing it. TheyContinue reading “Disorganized Attachment”
Spectrums
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 06-30-2025 Do you recall any time in your life when the people around you gave you warnings of what to do or what not to do? Don’t do that too much, it could be a crutch. Don’t isolate too much, but also you don’t need to be around people all theContinue reading “Spectrums”
Men’s Mental Health
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 6-7-2025 “A man will kill himself before he will ever speak his pain.” -EaE All I can write about is my perspective as an outside observer to a group of people that exist; my male peers, my male family members, my male clients, and men I’ve dated. First off, there areContinue reading “Men’s Mental Health”
Staying in the Lanes
5-1-2025 Interviewer: Elisa A. Escalante LCSW/ published author Interviewee: Kody R. Escalante @Lanewhisperer/ Two sanctioned 300’s & Sanctioned 299 Bowler (And also my little brother!) Q- I distinctly remember the time I knew that your bowling skills were above average. I was sixteen years old, and you were 8, and you beat me in severalContinue reading “Staying in the Lanes”
But Why?
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-20-2025 Our mind will go to places that defy the laws of radical acceptance, & life itself. The reason that I ‘why’ my patients, and sometimes my friends to death, is because the mind is reaching for every answer to every possible scenario. Or the mind is fixated on sticking withContinue reading “But Why?”
The only other thing is Nothing
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 01-21-2025 “When you don’t want it anymore, but you don’t know anything else. It’s a loop of hell that consumes you. When you free yourself, you strip away the torture, but you strip away your identity along with it.” -EaE Thirteen months ago I had my more recent break up. IContinue reading “The only other thing is Nothing”
My Sound Bath
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 12-23-2024 Starting yoga a few months ago was not something I was doing out of excitement. It was something I was doing because I felt a need that I figured only the art of yoga might fulfill. The art of letting go, surrender, clearing my mind in a way that nothingContinue reading “My Sound Bath”
Veterans helping Veterans
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ November 2024 This years Veterans day blog is very simple. I asked Veterans to offer advice to military members that are close to getting out of the military and/ or brand new veterans that recently got out of the military. We need to stay proactive in building our veteran community andContinue reading “Veterans helping Veterans”
Functionally Mental 