Tag Archives: mentalhealth

Prevention is EVERYONE’s Responsibility. Every. Single. Day.

Elisa a. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5/27/2022 Though I’ve worked with people on an individual level for most of my career, we clinicians, tend to also notice things on mass scales. There’s individual think, and group think. Individuals have themes and thinking patterns, as do the masses. Naturally, after a crisis, many will go into psychological defenseContinue reading “Prevention is EVERYONE’s Responsibility. Every. Single. Day.”

Are you Over-investing?

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-23-2022 “Life is too short to wear matching socks” -EaE Have you ever found yourself spinning in a cycle that continues to fail? You thought you had the formula down, you thought that hard work equated to success, but then again, the success isn’t happening. Or, if it is, it seemsContinue reading “Are you Over-investing?”

Self Destructiveness Cont…

(Part 2- Reducing Self destructive tendencies) Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-11-2022           Following up from the last blog post, you may have been able to gain some qualitative findings on your own self destructive tendencies. Some may have been very obvious, and other tendencies may have come at a bit more of a surprise toContinue reading “Self Destructiveness Cont…”

Self-Destructiveness

(Part 1- Qualitatively Measuring your Self-Destructive patterns) Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-2-2022 “In the quest to heal ourselves, we often and unintentionally, hurt ourselves instead.” –EaE       There are many measures, screeners, and scales we use in the world of mental health, but I recently started to express a concern that the measure of self-destructivenessContinue reading “Self-Destructiveness”

Chronic and Incurable

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-15-2022 “Life works out better when you can see the purpose in your boring day off just as much as you can see the purpose in your purposeful work days.”       On one end of the spectrum I, as a behavioral health specialist, may get questions like “So what do IContinue reading “Chronic and Incurable”

Mental Health Internet “Experts” Part 2

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-10-2022 After I published mental health experts, I immediately knew that I would need to do a part two. I had a great reviews, and also my blog could be centered around this alone. Because the Internet is throwing out horrible mental health advice at a pace that cannot be controlled.Continue reading “Mental Health Internet “Experts” Part 2”

Mental Health internet “Experts”

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-25-2022 This topic needs to get covered, and I finally got my collection together to make this happen. Now with social media, there are mental health influencers and gurus everywhere. There’s more talk on mental health than ever before. And I’m proud of the younger generation for being more open toContinue reading “Mental Health internet “Experts””

With Great Power…

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-20-2022 “Some people will show a fictional version of themselves, with the motive of getting the best they can out of you.”- EaE Sometimes you do not know the power you possess, mentally. Sometimes our mental traits, defense mechanisms and even disorders, can give us advantages over other mental dispositions. AContinue reading “With Great Power…”

The “Number Free” Athlete

(For those that engage in fitness while suffering through Eating disorders) Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-09-2022       I want to step on the scale over and over, yet I begin to ignore it. I want to pinch my body fat again, while obsessively looking in the mirror, but I will not.  I want to changeContinue reading “The “Number Free” Athlete”