Embers Of Change Therapy LLC
Trauma-informed, LGBTQ+, kink, and ENM-affirming therapy for adults across Indiana — supporting you through mood disorders, anxiety, past trauma, and relationship challenges.
Whether you're managing a mood disorder, healing from trauma, or looking for a therapist who won't blink at your relationship structure or identity, you deserve a space that gets it.
Welcome. Lets Find Your Spark Again!
Trauma-Informed, Affirming Therapy for Adults Across Indiana
From the outside, you've got it together. But on the inside? You overthink everything, are running on empty, and wondering why life feels so hard when you're doing everything "right."
Here's what I want you to know: surviving isn't the same as living. And you don't have to stay stuck in the patterns that helped you survive but no longer help you thrive.
I'm Kadottie Shrader, LMHC. I provide trauma-informed therapy for adults navigating mood disorders, anxiety, burnout, and relationship patterns that leave you stuck and emotionally exhausted — and an affirming space for LGBTQ+, kink, and ENM clients who deserve a therapist who won't blink at who they are.
My approach is warm, honest, and down-to-earth. We'll laugh, we'll have real conversations, and I'll gently challenge the beliefs and behaviors keeping you stuck — all while helping you build a life that feels calmer, more confident, and authentically yours.
Imagine what life could feel like...
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Setting boundaries without feeling guilty.
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Not overthinking every text or conversation you have.
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Being confident in your decisions.
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Building healthier relationships — on your own terms, whatever they look like.
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Trusting yourself again after trauma, instead of staying on guard.
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Feeling safe bringing your whole self into the room, identity and all.
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Believing you're enough without having to earn it.
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Waking up feeling like you're living your life instead of just getting through it.
You don't have to have it all figured out before reaching out. You just have to be willing to take the first step.
Ready to stop surviving and start living?
If you're looking for a therapist who combines strategies that actually help with real conversations and genuine compassion, I'd love to work with you. Let's start your next chapter—together.
I can help with...
Anxiety
Anxiety is your brain hitting the panic button for situations that don’t actually require sirens. It shows up as overthinking, tension, poor sleep, irritability, avoidance, and being exhausted from fighting imaginary fires all day. Therapy can help you turn the panic button down and understand your anxiety. You’ll learn practical tools to calm your nervous system, set boundaries, and stop letting anxiety run the show.
Depression
Depression isn’t just sadness—it’s feeling numb, low energy, unmotivated, disconnected, and exhausted by even the smallest tasks. It can look like low energy, sleep changes and loss of interest in things you once enjoyed. Therapy helps you unpack the weight you’ve been carrying and stop beating yourself up for struggling. With support and practical tools, you can slowly rebuild energy, clarity, and a sense of purpose again.
Relationship Issues
Relationship issues often show up as the same arguments on repeat, feeling misunderstood or emotionally alone—even when you’re not single. It can look like poor communication, resentment, boundary confusion, or constantly questioning whether you’re asking for too much. Therapy helps you understand your patterns, communicate your needs clearly, and set boundaries without guilt. It gives you tools to break the cycle of frustration.
LGBTQ+, Kink & ENM-Affirming Care
Finding a therapist who doesn't just tolerate your identity or relationship structure but genuinely gets it shouldn't be this hard. Too many LGBTQ+, kink, and ethically non-monogamous folks spend sessions educating their therapist instead of doing the actual work. In our work together, who you are and how you love isn't something to explain or defend — it's simply part of the picture. You get a space that's affirming from the first session, so we can focus on what actually brought you to therapy.
Self-Care/Boundaries
Struggling with self-care looks like running on empty, saying yes when you really mean no, and ignoring your own needs until you crash. It shows up as burnout, irritability, and feeling like life is constantly taking more than you can give. Therapy helps you uncover why your needs keep getting ignored and teaches you how to actually prioritize yourself without guilt. You’ll build routines, boundaries, and habits that make self-care feel doable, not optional.
Trauma Recovery
Trauma recovery means untangling the impact of past wounds so they stop running your present. It can show up as anxiety, emotional triggers, difficulty trusting, flashbacks, or feeling stuck in fear and shame. Therapy helps you process painful experiences safely, build coping skills, and reclaim a sense of safety and control. It guides you in transforming triggers and pain into understanding, resilience, and self-compassion.
Why Choose Telehealth Therapy?
Because therapy should fit into your life, not complicate it. With virtual sessions you can meet from anywhere you feel comfortable.
Services
A space to slow down, get honest, and finally make sense of what’s been weighing on you. Individual therapy helps you untangle what’s underneath the stress, strengthen your sense of self, and move forward with more clarity and confidence.
You don’t have to keep having the same fight in different forms. Couples therapy helps you identify unhealthy patterns, communicate more effectively, and create lasting change that brings more trust, understanding, and connection to your relationship.
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Insurance & Payment
Therapy is an investment in yourself and should be accessible to all. I’m in-network with several major insurance providers. I currently accept: Aetna Anthem (Blue Cross Blue Shield) Optum / United Healthcare Cigna CareSource Marketplace Self pay rate:$120 (Sliding fee scale available)
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(812)518-0031
Virtual Sessions Available