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”
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The Rainbow after the Storm
10-13-2024 Interviewer: Elisa Escalante/ LCSW Interviewee: Katie Sheynkman Intro: Katie is one of my closest long term friends. We met in early 2015 at an MMA gym in Brooklyn. We bonded over grappling and punching each other in the face. We also bonded over relationship drama and break ups. We are there for each otherContinue reading “The Rainbow after the Storm”
Vet Rise
10-6-2024 Interviewer: Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ Air Force (OEF) Veteran/ Martial artist/ Author Interviewee: Juan Perez/ USMC (OEF) Veteran/ Chicago PD/ Entrepreneur; The Veteran online coaching program; The Vet Rise academy/ The Vet Rise Podcast Intro: Juan Perez stood out to me initially on Instagram and TikTok. I couldn’t help but notice that his videosContinue reading “Vet Rise”
The Situationship
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 09-02-2024 My friend showed me her journal entry about her mental struggles adapting to a situationship. She had allowed me to post the journal entry anonymously, and I will write my responses below the pictures. I love this journal entry from my Friend, because it’s talking about something that is soContinue reading “The Situationship”
Trauma Puzzles Pieced Together
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 7-14-2024 My trauma puzzle poems take you through my life from the ages of 3 y/o to roughly 22 years old. It’s the perspective of what I witnessed, felt and thought about through the majority of my childhood traumas. I keep an element of mystery because 1- it’s not always aboutContinue reading “Trauma Puzzles Pieced Together”
Dad Day
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 06-16-2024 “Everyone says that women try to date men like their father, and I wish for me that was the case. But I think I was too busy trying to be like him” -EaE My father was in, and out, and in, and out and in my life over and overContinue reading “Dad Day”
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”
The Favor Bank
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-10-2022 “You’re welcome, for all the shit I did for you that you forgot to say thank you for.” -EaE If there’s one emotion that caught me off guard and left me feeling very uncomfortable and unsettled, I would have to say it was my rage. Because by my early thirtiesContinue reading “The Favor Bank”
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”
Mental health Internet “Experts” Part 3
It’s been a while but the online mental health advice never stops! Let’s get right to it!
Functionally Mental 