Therapy for Adults Who are done just managing it in Indianapolis.
In Indianapolis, Indiana and virtually across Indiana, Ohio and Florida.
Lately, it feels like too much.
You're holding it together — at work, at home, in your relationships. You show up. You function. From the outside, everything looks fine.
But underneath that, you're exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix. Your mind won't stop. Your body is tense even when you're trying to rest. You've maybe tried therapy before and found yourself talking in circles without anything fundamentally shifting. Or you've never tried it and don't know where to start — and the idea of explaining everything to a stranger feels overwhelming.
You don't have to have it figured out before you reach out. You just have to show up. I'll take it from there.
Hi, I'm Ethany Michaud — and I built this practice in Indianapolis because I believe connection is the most healing force there is.
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a certified Brainspotting practitioner, and a somatic therapist with over ten years of clinical experience — in community mental health, substance use treatment, therapeutic foster care, and private practice.
But here's what I think matters more than my credentials: I do this work because I've lived it. I've done my own Brainspotting therapy. I've sat in that chair and felt something release that I didn't know I was holding. I believe in this work at a bone-deep level — not because a textbook told me to, but because it changed my own life.
I specialize in working with adults navigating trauma, PTSD, anxiety, grief, addiction, and the complicated places where those things overlap. I work with high-achievers who look fine on the outside and are falling apart on the inside. I work with people who've tried therapy before and plateaued. I work with veterans, first responders, people in recovery, and people who are grieving losses that nobody around them fully understands.
My therapy dog, Kix, is also available to join our sessions — because healing doesn't always have to be serious, and sometimes the best co-therapist has four paws.
This isnt just talk therapy.
Most therapy focuses on the thinking mind — on understanding your patterns, reframing your thoughts, building insight. And that work has real value. But for many people, especially those carrying trauma, chronic anxiety, or grief, understanding the problem isn't the same as healing it.
At CCA Therapy, I work with your nervous system — not just your narrative. I use Brainspotting, a neurobiological approach that accesses where trauma, anxiety, and grief are physically stored in the brain and body, and helps process them at the source. I also draw from somatic therapy, Polyvagal Theory, DBT, and Motivational Interviewing — building a treatment approach that's as specific to you as the pain you're carrying.
For clients who have tried everything and still feel stuck, I also offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy in partnership with Integrative MLA — one of the most evidence-based tools available for treatment-resistant depression and PTSD.
This is not a one-size-fits-all practice. There is no script. What we do together depends entirely on who you are and what you're carrying.
What I Can Help You With
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Anxiety & Overwhelm
For the high-achiever who looks fine on the outside and can't slow down on the inside. For the person anxious about their anxiety.
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Brainspotting
A neurobiological therapy that goes deeper than talk therapy — reaching where trauma and stress are physically stored in the brain.
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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) offers a clinically supported path forward in partnership with Integrative MLA.
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Trauma & PTSD
For adults who are still carrying something that happened a long time ago — in their body, their relationships, their nervous system.
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Addiction & Substance Use
Addiction & Substance Use therapy approaches recovery without judgment, from a harm reduction framework. And for clients who have tried everything and still feel stuck.
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Grief & Loss
For every kind of loss — not just death. Grief in recovery. Identity grief. The losses that don't always get recognized.
You might be in the right place if…
🔹 You've been in therapy before and feel like you've hit a ceiling — you understand your patterns but nothing has fundamentally shifted
🔹 You're high-functioning and nobody around you would guess how loud the noise is on the inside
🔹 Your anxiety, grief, or trauma shows up in your body first — tension, insomnia, a stomach that never settles, exhaustion that rest doesn't fix
🔹 You've tried medication and it helps, but something still feels unaddressed underneath
🔹 You're in recovery and struggling with the grief and identity shift that nobody talks about
🔹 You're a veteran or first responder who is finally ready to put down something you've been carrying alone
🔹 You're not sure where to start — and you just need someone to meet you where you are
High-Functioning Doesn't Have to Mean Highly Exhausted
On the outside, you have it together. On the inside, your nervous system has been running on fumes for longer than you want to admit.
The problem isn't that you're not trying hard enough. The problem is that coping harder was never going to be the answer. At CCA Therapy, I help adults in Indianapolis and across Indiana, Ohio, and Florida stop managing their symptoms and start addressing what's actually underneath them — using Brainspotting, somatic tools, and a decade of experience working with people who carry more than they ever let on.
Ready to feel more
like yourself again?
The free 15-minute consultation is just a conversation. No paperwork, no pressure, no commitment. We'll talk about what's been going on and whether CCA Therapy feels like the right fit.
In-person in Northwest Indianapolis near Carmel and Zionsville. Telehealth throughout Indiana, Ohio, and Florida.