Making Waves Counseling & Wellness

06/16/2026

Maybe healing isn't found in forgetting.

Maybe healing is when the memory remains, but the ache softens.
When the story stays the same, but your nervous system no longer lives inside it.
When what once felt like a wound becomes a chapter.

While writing my latest blog post, I kept coming back to the themes of Eternal Sunshine—the longing to erase pain and start over. It's a longing I hear often from trauma survivors. Yet some of the most profound healing I've witnessed doesn't come from deleting the past.

It comes from changing our relationship to it.

This piece is part reflection, part therapist perspective, and part love letter to the resilience of people who continue choosing healing, even when the past feels heavy.

Because brighter days ahead aren't about having no scars.

They're about discovering that your scars no longer determine where you're going.

Can trauma therapy feel like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? In this personal and professional reflection, a therapist explores the connection between Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine, the desire to forget painful experiences, and the reality of trauma healing through Accelerated Resolution...

06/16/2026

Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month serves as an important reminder that prioritizing mental health is a sign of strength, self-awareness, and resilience.

06/16/2026

✨ Now Accepting New Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) Clients ✨

Are you looking to process trauma with minimal talking and in a relatively short timeframe? Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is an evidence-based approach that can help individuals move through distressing memories, reduce emotional distress, and find relief from symptoms that may be impacting daily life.

ART can be effective for processing both single-incident traumas and symptoms such as anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and other experiences that interfere with living a fulfilling life. This approach may be a good fit for individuals who are able to comfortably move their eyes side to side and are motivated to engage in treatment.

To ensure the highest quality of care and effectiveness of the ART protocol, sessions are conducted in person at our office. Individuals interested in ART should be prepared to attend sessions onsite.

05/19/2026

For the last 3 years, having a professional logo for my business has been on my heart. I knew I wanted to wait until I truly felt connected to my brand and had clarity around how I wanted people to feel when they experienced it. That moment finally came.

Making Waves Counseling and Wellness was born 3 years ago and has been intentionally and thoughtfully curated from the very beginning. I wanted a name that represented how I hoped to show up in my community and reflected the same feeling I wanted my clients to experience.

To me, “Making Waves” means doing or saying something boldly, challenging the norm, and choosing a different path. I mean, you’re talking to the girl who wore bright turquoise pants on her first day of 8th grade. I’ve never been someone who hides who she is or follows the status quo. When creating my business, I carried that same intention with me.

As I began creating this logo, I kept coming back to my roots. Growing up in a small coastal town in North Carolina shaped so much of who I am — the intracoastal boating life, family-centered values, and the warmth of a close-knit community. I wanted those coastal roots reflected in a way that felt elevated, timeless, and authentic to me.

Every detail in this logo was designed with intention, even down to the dune grass. It represents my background, my values, and the vision behind this business.

A huge thank you to Tall Paul Designs for helping bring this vision to life and allowing me the freedom to think outside the box and challenge what traditional therapy practice logos often look like.

I’m so excited to officially introduce the new logo for Making Waves Counseling and Wellness 🌊

05/11/2026

We are getting back to our coastal roots and we have something brewing.. Can’t wait to share with you soon. 💙

05/01/2026

Now offering ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy) in Wilmington, NC.
Honored to be listed in the official ART directory and to bring this work to our community.
Reach out to learn more.

04/19/2026

Ready for Spring & Summer at the office 🌸💙

04/15/2026

I love helping people reconnect with who they truly are—underneath the trauma, the self-doubt, and the survival patterns.

Healing isn’t about becoming someone new.
It’s about coming back to yourself.

At Making Waves, we focus on helping you feel more confident, more resilient, and finally… anchor free 🌊

04/10/2026

Sometimes your mind feels like a storm.
Heavy, overwhelming, hard to move through.

And other times there’s calm. Space. Room to breathe 🌊

Both can exist in the same mind, just like this sky.

With Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), we’re not just talking about what happened. We’re helping your brain actually process it so it stops showing up the same way.

You don’t have to stay stuck in the storm.

There is a way to feel more clear, more grounded, more like yourself again.

If you’ve been carrying something that won’t let go, this could be a good place to start.

Call or text today: 910.541.8928 or fill out the contact form on our website

04/01/2026

3 years of showing up, doing the work, and holding space for healing.

I still remember where I was when I decided to start this practice—and how quickly everything had to come together. I stepped into it feeling scared and unsure, but also holding onto this quiet belief that it mattered… that this was what I was meant to do.

There have been so many moments of growth—not just for my clients, but for me too. This work has stretched me, grounded me, and reminded me over and over again why I started.

To every client who has trusted me with their story, their healing, and their vulnerability—thank you. Truly. It means more than I can put into words.

Here’s to continuing the work and creating spaces where people feel seen, supported, and able to come back home to themselves.

-Kara