About me

Carolina Wellness and Counseling, PLLC was established in 2014 in Wilson, NC. Angela Small founded the practice with a vision to create a safe, nurturing space for clients to process, heal, and grow. Her approach emphasizes a whole-body perspective, addressing both emotional and physiological aspects of well-being.

With 23 years of experience in the mental health field, Angela has dedicated her career to supporting clients facing a wide range of challenges, including simple and complex trauma, abuse, attachment wounds, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, adult ADHD, mood disorders, depression, and grief healing.

Angela holds a Master of Science in Counseling and Psychology from Troy University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Psychology. She is licensed by the State of North Carolina Board of Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors and certified by the National Board for Certified Counselors.

Before starting her private practice, Angela worked in various mental health settings. Her experience includes supporting at-risk teenage girls at a non-profit organization (Girls Inc.), working in a Partial Hospitalization Program, and serving on a Psychiatric Unit at a major hospital in Alabama. After moving to North Carolina in 2008, Angela worked with children, adolescents, and adults in a community mental health agency until April 2015.

In 2014, Angela completed EMDR training, and in 2020, she earned certification as a Functional Medicine Health Coach through the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM). Angela has also been utilizing Parts Work (Ego State Therapy) in her practice since 2016. This approach helps clients identify and heal different parts of themselves (referred to as “insiders”) that may be in conflict. This method is particularly effective when combined with EMDR in addressing simple and complex trauma, as well as past stressors. Angela also incorporates somatic work, recognizing that trauma and stress are often felt and stored physiologically in the body.

Angela is trained in a variety of therapeutic modalities, including Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Somatic Psychotherapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

From the very first session, Angela prioritizes teaching coping skills and grounding tools to enhance client stability. She encourages clients to practice mindfulness and self-care, fostering balance throughout the therapeutic process. Angela actively works alongside clients to challenge negative thought patterns, replacing them with healthier, more rational perspectives. By diving deeper into the root causes of unhealthy thoughts and behaviors, Angela helps clients create new, cohesive, and healthy neural pathways for healing both the brain and body. Parts Work is often integrated into the process, as it allows clients to address and rewrite the unhealthy scripts, coping mechanisms, and behaviors created by their “insiders.”