Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 09-13-2023 After turning 34 years old I decided, well, let’s blog about this! it’s an interesting age, I’m definitely not old. But, I don’t feel young either. I suppose I am freshly baked and just came out the oven? I found myself telling my boyfriend recently that I feel like ‘thisContinue reading “34 Years”
Tag Archives: emotions
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”
Pathological
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 07-25-2023 “Peace and content are not ways in which we settle. They are the goals after a life of horror and trauma. I don’t want to be high, I want to be steady.” -EaE Now a days, I talk to my clients about ‘Tornado people”. The types of people that suckContinue reading “Pathological”
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”
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”
Social Mania
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 1-20-2022 This blog is about social media and how it impacts our social lives and our mental health. Sorry, I just found that title to be somewhat appropriate and more of an attention grabber. I don’t consider social media to be simply a ‘tool’. It’s deeper than that, it is aContinue reading “Social Mania”
Emotional Interpretation & Guidance
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 12-28-2022 In many cases, I do find that I need to go ‘back to the basics’ with clients. Or, teach them something new, something they should have known but never knew. The common perception many societies have is that there are ‘good emotions’, and ‘bad emotions’. The good ones you canContinue reading “Emotional Interpretation & Guidance”
Shit covered Rainbows
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 10-12-2022 “I may not get the rainbows and butterflies and fairy tales, but at least I’ll be able to know that I lived in that honest brutal reality that most people are afraid of.” I had a patient that often talked about the ‘screen saver’ of his life. This wasContinue reading “Shit covered Rainbows“
Functionally Mental 