Healing Trauma.
Restoring Relationships.
Rebuilding Trust.
At Second Wave Counseling, we specialize in helping individuals, couples, and families work through conflict, trauma, and major life transitions with understanding and expertise.
Our team brings extensive experience in trauma-informed care, crisis intervention, and wrap-around therapeutic support. Whether you're a parent struggling to connect with your teen, a couple caught in cycles of conflict, or an individual seeking clarity and growth, we provide the guidance and tools to move forward.
You deserve a space where healing is possible. Together, we’ll find the next steps that feel right for you and your family.
Your Second Wave Begins Now
At Second Wave Counseling, our mission is simple: to empower individuals to create the life they hope for through the therapeutic process. Second Wave Counseling was born out of a deep desire to meet people where they are and guide them on their journey towards healing and growth.
In 2017, Carla Pelcastre (our founder), self-published a collection of poems titled The Second Wave, Crashing. In those pages, Carla poured her heart and soul into sharing moments of deep gratitude, transition, and rebirth from difficult and heartbreaking moments. It’s those themes that inspired the name of the practice. Second Wave Counseling is about embracing the resilience within ourselves, even in the face of life’s most challenging waves.
Services
When Weekly Therapy Isn’t Enough.
A New Approach to Mental Health Recovery
Seeking a higher level of care for your loved one in Austin? Seeking a balance of increased support while maintaining as much normalcy as possible? Seeking a program where the providers come to your home?
Our multidisciplinary team provides a highly collaborative program tailored to help clients thrive within their homes and communities. Designed as a short-term intervention for individuals facing psychosis, suicide ideation, a significant mental health incident, or struggling with isolation and refusal to engage in the world, we bridge the gap between weekly therapy and residential care, offering a unique approach to mental health recovery. Learn more about how we help individuals find hope and stability through personalized care.
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“As we navigate life, we often have certain patterns that can either help or hurt us. It is my belief that therapy is the key to reinforcing the helpful ones and unlearning the ones that do us harm, giving us the freedom to move forward as we choose.”
