Licensed Master of Social Work

Hi I’m Dr. Bria Escalera, a resilience-focused social worker from Prince George’s County, helps individuals overcome adversity and embrace their true selves. I offer therapy services at our Towson, MD clinic!

I advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in minority, LGBTQ+, and disabled communities, having personally faced and overcome educational discrimination and racial bias. My clinical experience includes school-based behavioral health, substance use treatment, outpatient mental health, and spiritual work focused on healing, spirituality, and metaphysical health. I work with adolescents, adults, emphasizing relationship-centered and trauma-informed care.

I help people process trauma and marginalization without shrinking or code-switching. Through trauma-informed, relational care, we build resilience, reclaim identity, and create a life beyond survival.

I show up as my full, unapologetic self, real, warm, and direct. I value mutual growth, create safe, honest spaces, and balance humor with accountability to support meaningful change. I’m the same in every space I enter; grounded, approachable, and human, because I believe authenticity is what builds trust and makes real healing possible.