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””
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Perception is NOT Reality
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 9-15-2021 “They see only what we let them see. Everything else is up to them to dig up and find. Yes, it is a test that very few will pass.” -EaE “Perception is reality”, one of the many lines that made me cringe when I was active-duty military. Especially workingContinue reading “Perception is NOT Reality”
You don’t Have to
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 8-17-2021 “Being forced, controlled and coerced is a lifestyle that humans are very much capable of adapting to. They can sustain life in chaos, and upon absence of it… find themselves lost.” -EaE Living in a world of unlimited options and opportunities but yet, confined by… rules, ethics, moral dilemmas,Continue reading “You don’t Have to”
Judge less, Listen more
Elisa A Escalante/ LCSW/ 7-4-2021 “You can’t say that you truly value diversity, if you do not value the diversity of the human mind. And yes, this also means the differences in our world views.” -EaE Every now and then, a therapist is tasked with the nerve-racking assignment of giving therapy to… another therapist. Yes,Continue reading “Judge less, Listen more”
Motivation can’t be Bought
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 6-16-2021 “Helping isn’t necessarily about having all the right answers. It’s about having the right amount of empathy to validate a struggle that may be outside your comprehension.” -EaE Life Coaches, fitness trainers, crash diets, public figures, iconic gurus and more. People dying to become the “best version of themselves” withContinue reading “Motivation can’t be Bought”
Treat yourself
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 6-2-2021 Life is simply too short for all those rules we made up for ourselves with no logical reason as to why.” -EaE As I sit in La Jolla Cove on one of the beaches in San Diego, I feel my stress and worries melt away. I decided to go whereContinue reading “Treat yourself”
From Soul Mates to Room Mates
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-2-2021 “No one is worth chasing. Not for love, not for attention, not for fun, not even for truth or closure. The only truth that matters is if I feel you are drifting away, then that means you are not interested anymore. And if you are not interested in me, IContinue reading “From Soul Mates to Room Mates”
Identity
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-18-2021 “If you are so offended by me being me, don’t ask me why I’m being me. Ask yourself, why does it bother you so much?” -EaE There is a good chance that most of us have multiple identities but are not seeing their power. Perhaps one identity overtakes another. PerhapsContinue reading “Identity”
Apologize to yourself
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-18-2021 “Get used to a world where no one belongs to you, and no one cares all the way. Live in that truth, accept that truth, and learn to be your own savior.” -EaE I recently felt a dire need to apologize to myself. It was what I’ll call my firstContinue reading “Apologize to yourself”
Twenty important lessons I learned as a mental health worker
Elisa A Escalante / LMSW / 2-2-2021 1- Every action, behavior, emotion and thought has a story behind it. No matter how much someone doesn’t make sense, they will always make sense after you hear their story in its entirety 2- we are all entitled to as much pain as we want to handle. 3-Continue reading “Twenty important lessons I learned as a mental health worker”
Functionally Mental 