About Micah
Micah Shuey is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Indiana who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She brings a decade of counseling experience and a long background in mental health to each session. Micah aims to make the first steps toward change feel possible and straightforward.
She meets people where they are and listens without judgment. Sessions are practical and focused on what feels most pressing, whether that is panic, low mood, addictive behaviors, or trouble sleeping from worry.
Background and approach
Micah uses plain language and concrete steps to help clients gain relief and skills they can use day to day. Her approach blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing. That means Micah centers each person’s priorities, looks at how thoughts and actions affect feelings, and helps strengthen motivation for change.
Micah has worked with individuals facing mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma, and substance use concerns. She also supports people with specific issues like OCD symptoms, panic attacks, phobias, postpartum depression, seasonal mood shifts, and smoking or vaping cessation. Sessions can happen by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Micah guides people through a beginning plan, then adjusts methods based on how someone responds. The goal is steady, manageable progress toward clearer thinking and more control over daily life.
How Micah’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experiences. The therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, helping people feel understood and heard while they set their own pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, actions, and feelings. Micah uses CBT to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical behavior changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. The approach uses gentle questions and feedback to build readiness and confidence to take next steps.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Micah works with each person to choose and adjust methods based on problems, goals, and what feels doable. She checks in on what helps and switches strategies when needed so work stays relevant and clear.
Online sessions offer flexibility and fit many routines. Video calls let you use visual cues for a fuller conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can be quicker for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, childcare, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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