Secular and Non-Religious Therapists in Indianapolis, IN
Do you struggle to set boundaries or express your needs and feelings, often putting yourself last? Are you and your partner feeling disconnected? Are you ready to grow into your most authentic self but feeling stuck trying to do so alone?
In our work together, you’ll have space to explore who you are and who you want to become. Many of my clients come in feeling ready for change, eager to grow into their most aligned, fulfilled selves. I especially welcome those who are navigating questions of identity, learning to better communicate, or processing the impact of trauma.
Do you struggle to set boundaries or express your needs and feelings, often putting yourself last? Are you and your partner feeling disconnected? Are you ready to grow into your most authentic self but feeling stuck trying to do so alone?
In our work together, you’ll have space to explore who you are and who you want to become. Many of my clients come in feeling ready for change, eager to grow into their most aligned, fulfilled selves. I especially welcome those who are navigating questions of identity, learning to better communicate, or processing the impact of trauma.
Courtney Paige Harrough
Pre-Licensed Professional
2 Endorsed
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Waitlist for new clients
Hi there! I’m CP, and I’m here partner with you on your path to self-compassion and growth. Therapy isn’t about “fixing” you—it’s a safe space to explore, ask questions, and reconnect with your authentic self. If you’re feeling mentally overwhelmed, emotionally numb, or physically burned out, we can work together to help you express yourself fully and find balance. I'm particularly passionate about working with LGBTQIA+ folks and survivors of interpersonal trauma. I'm also currently pursuing my Sexual Health Association (SHA) certification to become a certified Sex Therapist to pair with my experience being a Sex Educator.
Hi there! I’m CP, and I’m here partner with you on your path to self-compassion and growth. Therapy isn’t about “fixing” you—it’s a safe space to explore, ask questions, and reconnect with your authentic self. If you’re feeling mentally overwhelmed, emotionally numb, or physically burned out, we can work together to help you express yourself fully and find balance. I'm particularly passionate about working with LGBTQIA+ folks and survivors of interpersonal trauma. I'm also currently pursuing my Sexual Health Association (SHA) certification to become a certified Sex Therapist to pair with my experience being a Sex Educator.
Hello and welcome! Are you struggling with perfectionism, people pleasing, and over intellectualizing your feelings? Maybe you're grappling with your partner(s) or family and processing generational wounds? Are you by chance an older gen z or millennial? I would love to be your guide to dive deeper into what is showing up for you internally, and how you are moving through the world. I specialize in working with women, femmes, gender nonconforming people and the queer community.
Hello and welcome! Are you struggling with perfectionism, people pleasing, and over intellectualizing your feelings? Maybe you're grappling with your partner(s) or family and processing generational wounds? Are you by chance an older gen z or millennial? I would love to be your guide to dive deeper into what is showing up for you internally, and how you are moving through the world. I specialize in working with women, femmes, gender nonconforming people and the queer community.
You're a whole person, not a problem to be fixed. I’m here to offer a warm, safe space where your story is heard and truly matters. I enjoy helping people navigate anxiety, neurodivergence, parenting, or recovery but I'm open to a variety of concerns. With over 15 years in the field, I help clients move toward feeling more grounded and confident, using practical tools and genuine insight. Let’s work together to help you understand yourself better and create a safe path for your growth.
You're a whole person, not a problem to be fixed. I’m here to offer a warm, safe space where your story is heard and truly matters. I enjoy helping people navigate anxiety, neurodivergence, parenting, or recovery but I'm open to a variety of concerns. With over 15 years in the field, I help clients move toward feeling more grounded and confident, using practical tools and genuine insight. Let’s work together to help you understand yourself better and create a safe path for your growth.
Ideally, clients I work with have a motivation, openness and curiosity to better understand themselves and are ready to actively work to implement change outside of therapy. I primarily work with concerns relating to life transitions, adjustment, anxiety, and trauma. This can include relational and boundary concerns.
Ideally, clients I work with have a motivation, openness and curiosity to better understand themselves and are ready to actively work to implement change outside of therapy. I primarily work with concerns relating to life transitions, adjustment, anxiety, and trauma. This can include relational and boundary concerns.
Are you feeling disconnected even from yourself, self-aware but still stuck? I partner with clients who want to get over what's happened to them, explore who they are, and figure out what’s in the way of the life they crave. I specialize in working with clients thru complex trauma, estrangement, grief, & anxiety using EMDR and relational approaches. I welcome clients from any background & I am happy to support members of the global majority, LGBTQ+, or neurodiverse communities.
If you're experiencing active addiction, domestic violence, or legal issues my services may not be the best fit for your needs.
Are you feeling disconnected even from yourself, self-aware but still stuck? I partner with clients who want to get over what's happened to them, explore who they are, and figure out what’s in the way of the life they crave. I specialize in working with clients thru complex trauma, estrangement, grief, & anxiety using EMDR and relational approaches. I welcome clients from any background & I am happy to support members of the global majority, LGBTQ+, or neurodiverse communities.
If you're experiencing active addiction, domestic violence, or legal issues my services may not be the best fit for your needs.
I use a secular & eclectic therapeutic approach of evidence-based practices that best fits.
I will be starting in person sessions on 6/6! Areas of focus: trauma (sexual, physical, mental/emotional, and religious), borderline personality disorder/traits, depression, self-esteem, anxiety, self-harming, building & setting boundaries in relationships, identity exploration, and adjustment to life changes. Our goals: improving use of health coping strategies, interpersonal/intrapersonal functioning, and improve your quality of life. I am LGBTQ+ affirming. I strive to be educated on social injustice and systemic issues to best assist my clients in navigating their life experiences with the goal of being anti-racist.
I use a secular & eclectic therapeutic approach of evidence-based practices that best fits.
I will be starting in person sessions on 6/6! Areas of focus: trauma (sexual, physical, mental/emotional, and religious), borderline personality disorder/traits, depression, self-esteem, anxiety, self-harming, building & setting boundaries in relationships, identity exploration, and adjustment to life changes. Our goals: improving use of health coping strategies, interpersonal/intrapersonal functioning, and improve your quality of life. I am LGBTQ+ affirming. I strive to be educated on social injustice and systemic issues to best assist my clients in navigating their life experiences with the goal of being anti-racist.
HHC meaningfully centers LGBTQ+ and other marginalized communities, working with motivated folks build insight, confront obstacles, heal wounds, to move toward self-actualization & ease. Our team of therapists represent many identities & modalities and are grounded in from queer feminist frameworks. We value self-determination, harm reduction, and disability & racial justice. Relationships are built through collaboration, creativity, and recognition of the environmental & cultural factors that impact client's lives. Our team includes six therapists and an administrator to help with your onboarding and billing needs.
HHC meaningfully centers LGBTQ+ and other marginalized communities, working with motivated folks build insight, confront obstacles, heal wounds, to move toward self-actualization & ease. Our team of therapists represent many identities & modalities and are grounded in from queer feminist frameworks. We value self-determination, harm reduction, and disability & racial justice. Relationships are built through collaboration, creativity, and recognition of the environmental & cultural factors that impact client's lives. Our team includes six therapists and an administrator to help with your onboarding and billing needs.
Mary-Margaret Sweeney
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, CST
1 Endorsed
Indianapolis, IN 46220
Are you and your partner in conflict about sex? Maybe you disagree about how much sex is "enough;" maybe you are feeling rejected or misunderstood by your partner. Maybe a sexual dysfunction, a history of sexual trauma, or shame around sex is making sex feel impossible. And now that you have fought about the topic, which is a vulnerable one, solving the problem feels all the more tender and insurmountable. Many life changes can impact our sex lives, and partners can struggle to navigate these changes when they impact our sense of connection, intimacy, and validation. Engaging in sex therapy with your partner can help!
Are you and your partner in conflict about sex? Maybe you disagree about how much sex is "enough;" maybe you are feeling rejected or misunderstood by your partner. Maybe a sexual dysfunction, a history of sexual trauma, or shame around sex is making sex feel impossible. And now that you have fought about the topic, which is a vulnerable one, solving the problem feels all the more tender and insurmountable. Many life changes can impact our sex lives, and partners can struggle to navigate these changes when they impact our sense of connection, intimacy, and validation. Engaging in sex therapy with your partner can help!
I support adolescents and adults, especially those in the LGBTQ+ community and neurodivergent individuals (ADHD and Autism).
Many of my clients come to me navigating masking, anxiety, depression, loneliness, identity questions, or trauma-related experiences—and they’re looking for a space where they don’t have to explain or shrink who they are.
I support adolescents and adults, especially those in the LGBTQ+ community and neurodivergent individuals (ADHD and Autism).
Many of my clients come to me navigating masking, anxiety, depression, loneliness, identity questions, or trauma-related experiences—and they’re looking for a space where they don’t have to explain or shrink who they are.
My ideal clients feel alone behind their walls. Hyper-Independent Women are exhausted from carrying everything themselves. They are resilient but lonely, struggling to be vulnerable or receive support. They want to trade self-reliance for deep, secure connection without losing their strength.
Parents of Struggling Teens are worried and heartbroken. Their teens, often labeled as problematic, are acting out or withdrawing due to past trauma. These parents want a roadmap to de-escalate conflict, rebuild trust, and restore peace and connection in their home. Both seek a safe space to heal, be understood, and build a future with meaning
My ideal clients feel alone behind their walls. Hyper-Independent Women are exhausted from carrying everything themselves. They are resilient but lonely, struggling to be vulnerable or receive support. They want to trade self-reliance for deep, secure connection without losing their strength.
Parents of Struggling Teens are worried and heartbroken. Their teens, often labeled as problematic, are acting out or withdrawing due to past trauma. These parents want a roadmap to de-escalate conflict, rebuild trust, and restore peace and connection in their home. Both seek a safe space to heal, be understood, and build a future with meaning
Do you feel stuck? Perhaps you've been to therapy in the past, but don't know if you've felt comfortable enough to let your walls down. Perhaps you intellectually know all the answers to your problems already, but still can't seem to make the changes you want to make. Maybe you're just feeling skeptical if therapy is the right choice for you. If you have tried therapy many times before, or if you are trying therapy for the first time, I'd love to chat.
Do you feel stuck? Perhaps you've been to therapy in the past, but don't know if you've felt comfortable enough to let your walls down. Perhaps you intellectually know all the answers to your problems already, but still can't seem to make the changes you want to make. Maybe you're just feeling skeptical if therapy is the right choice for you. If you have tried therapy many times before, or if you are trying therapy for the first time, I'd love to chat.
I'm passionate about serving communities of people who have been underserved, and possibly harmed, by the fields of counseling and psychology in the past including: the LGBTQ+ population, those with non-traditional relationship structures such as polyamory, the kink community, and neurodivergent individuals. I strive to make therapy a comfortable and safe environment for people of all cultures, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. I am trauma-informed, sex and kink- positive, and body-neutral. I value social justice and hold anti-racist, disability-informed, feminist values, that I carry through my work.
I'm passionate about serving communities of people who have been underserved, and possibly harmed, by the fields of counseling and psychology in the past including: the LGBTQ+ population, those with non-traditional relationship structures such as polyamory, the kink community, and neurodivergent individuals. I strive to make therapy a comfortable and safe environment for people of all cultures, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. I am trauma-informed, sex and kink- positive, and body-neutral. I value social justice and hold anti-racist, disability-informed, feminist values, that I carry through my work.
I work with individuals dealing with anxiety, trauma, substance use, life and lifestyle changes, and other barriers, both internal and external, preventing them from living the life of purpose and meaning we all strive for.
I work with individuals dealing with anxiety, trauma, substance use, life and lifestyle changes, and other barriers, both internal and external, preventing them from living the life of purpose and meaning we all strive for.
Telehealth in CO & IN. In-person only in IN.
I work with high-functioning adults, white-knuckling their way through life. Many know why they feel the way they do, but insight alone hasn't sufficed.
The work I do is active and collaborative. We look carefully at patterns, protective strategies, and internal narratives that once helped you cope - helped you survive, but now keep you stuck.
I work with curiosity, clarity, and direct conversation to help you understand what’s actually happening beneath the surface and how to shift it. This process asks for honesty and engagement, and it creates real momentum for lasting change.
Telehealth in CO & IN. In-person only in IN.
I work with high-functioning adults, white-knuckling their way through life. Many know why they feel the way they do, but insight alone hasn't sufficed.
The work I do is active and collaborative. We look carefully at patterns, protective strategies, and internal narratives that once helped you cope - helped you survive, but now keep you stuck.
I work with curiosity, clarity, and direct conversation to help you understand what’s actually happening beneath the surface and how to shift it. This process asks for honesty and engagement, and it creates real momentum for lasting change.
Hi, I’m Hannah! Starting therapy can feel intimidating, and taking that first step often comes with a mix of uncertainty and vulnerability. I deeply respect the courage it takes to reach out for support, and I strive to create a space where you can show up exactly as you are, without pressure to be anything else.
My goal is to meet you where you are, not where you feel like you “should” be. I am committed to providing a safe, supportive environment where you feel genuinely heard, seen, and understood.
Hi, I’m Hannah! Starting therapy can feel intimidating, and taking that first step often comes with a mix of uncertainty and vulnerability. I deeply respect the courage it takes to reach out for support, and I strive to create a space where you can show up exactly as you are, without pressure to be anything else.
My goal is to meet you where you are, not where you feel like you “should” be. I am committed to providing a safe, supportive environment where you feel genuinely heard, seen, and understood.
Shannan; Depr/Anx, Menopause, Boundaries,
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CISP
4 Endorsed
Online Only
I blend decades of clinical expertise with a non-religious, intuitive approach to healing which includes "integrated aging
If life has thrown you a curveball, gurl, I sure get it. If retirement, kids launching, menopause or even leaving a faith system has you feeling intense guilt & shame just for being human, I can help you learn to trust yourself. You may not always feel peaceful, but you can learn how to manage that in healthy ways.
I blend decades of clinical expertise with a non-religious, intuitive approach to healing which includes "integrated aging
If life has thrown you a curveball, gurl, I sure get it. If retirement, kids launching, menopause or even leaving a faith system has you feeling intense guilt & shame just for being human, I can help you learn to trust yourself. You may not always feel peaceful, but you can learn how to manage that in healthy ways.
Starting therapy can feel scary and a bit overwhelming. Talking with a stranger about your lived experiences is an incredibly brave thing to do. Whether you’re navigating a recent breakup or divorce, questioning your sexual identity, setting boundaries with family, improving self-love and compassion, healing from religious trauma, or managing mental health crises, therapy is a place for you. I’m an empathetic realist who believes you deserve a life that excites you.
Starting therapy can feel scary and a bit overwhelming. Talking with a stranger about your lived experiences is an incredibly brave thing to do. Whether you’re navigating a recent breakup or divorce, questioning your sexual identity, setting boundaries with family, improving self-love and compassion, healing from religious trauma, or managing mental health crises, therapy is a place for you. I’m an empathetic realist who believes you deserve a life that excites you.
Are you feeling disconnected even from yourself, self-aware but still stuck? I partner with clients who want to get over what's happened to them, explore who they are, and figure out what’s in the way of the life they crave. I specialize in working with clients thru complex trauma, estrangement, grief, & anxiety. I welcome clients from any background & I am happy to support members of LGBTQ+ or neurodiverse communities. Accepting virtual clients in MO & IN.
Are you feeling disconnected even from yourself, self-aware but still stuck? I partner with clients who want to get over what's happened to them, explore who they are, and figure out what’s in the way of the life they crave. I specialize in working with clients thru complex trauma, estrangement, grief, & anxiety. I welcome clients from any background & I am happy to support members of LGBTQ+ or neurodiverse communities. Accepting virtual clients in MO & IN.
You may be holding it all together on the outside, but your mind rarely stops. Conversations replay in your head, every decision is filled with doubt, and your body is tense even when nothing's wrong. Perfectionism, self-criticism, and constant pressure make work, relationships, or parenting feel heavier than they should. Anxiety can show up as anger, irritability, or paralysis. Sometimes there's not even a real trigger, which is confusing and frustrating. If you're looking for relief, insight, and strategies to feel calmer and more confident, therapy can help you function without getting in your own way.
You may be holding it all together on the outside, but your mind rarely stops. Conversations replay in your head, every decision is filled with doubt, and your body is tense even when nothing's wrong. Perfectionism, self-criticism, and constant pressure make work, relationships, or parenting feel heavier than they should. Anxiety can show up as anger, irritability, or paralysis. Sometimes there's not even a real trigger, which is confusing and frustrating. If you're looking for relief, insight, and strategies to feel calmer and more confident, therapy can help you function without getting in your own way.
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Secular and Non-Religious Therapists
What is a secular and non religious approach in therapy?
Secular or non-religious therapy is a theoretical orientation used by many therapists and describes a therapeutic approach that does not rely on any specific religious or faith-based beliefs in the therapeutic process. Secular counselors will often approach therapy with an emphasis on evidence-based practices, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients, instead of relying on religious practices, such as prayer or belief in God.
Is secular therapy primarily for non-religious people?
Both religious and non-religious individuals can benefit from secular therapy. People exploring their religious or spiritual beliefs may find it especially useful to work with a secular therapist who is unbiased toward any specific religion. While religious individuals might value the connection and familiarity of seeing a counselor who shares their beliefs, secular counseling can offer them the chance to develop coping skills independent of their religious practice, which can be beneficial in various aspects of their lives.
Can a secular approach to therapy help with religious trauma?
One major reason clients may seek a secular therapist is to process previous religious experiences, including religious trauma. Secular therapists can help clients manage symptoms of the trauma through practices such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). They can also encourage clients through talk therapy or psychodynamic approaches to explore the roots of their religious trauma. Since secular therapists do not have any predetermined religious beliefs, they can be particularly helpful for clients looking to explore their own religious beliefs following a history of religious trauma.
What does non religious marriage and premarital counseling involve?
Marriage and premarital counseling typically involves a couple meeting with a therapist to discuss topics such as planning for marriage, navigating a new marriage, addressing relationship challenges, and developing better communication and conflict resolution skills. Non-religious therapists assist couples in achieving these goals without adhering to specific religious beliefs or frameworks, often emphasizing inclusivity and non-judgment, especially for "nontraditional" couples. However, seeking couples therapy from a non-religious counselor does not mean religious topics are off-limits. In fact, non-religious couples from different religious backgrounds may benefit from a secular therapist who remains neutral toward the beliefs of each partner.