About Carolyn
Carolyn Drakas helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, grief, and struggles with self-esteem. She also supports concerns around eating, sleeping, and the challenges of parenting. Carolyn is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and she brings 22 years of professional experience to her practice in Florida.
Her style is straightforward and respectful. She listens first, then tailors conversation and plans to what each person needs. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings as well as on understanding patterns that keep problems stuck.
Background and approach
Carolyn uses a mix of approaches depending on the issue. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and action, and attachment-based work to improve closeness and trust. Dialectical behavior skills and a client-centered stance often appear in sessions as well.
People who come to Carolyn often want clear tools and a calm space to talk. She helps with common stressors like caregiver strain, chronic illness, body image, and communication problems. Her work also addresses deeper patterns such as abandonment, avoidance, and codependency.
Her practice is aimed at steady progress rather than quick fixes. Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person's comfort. The focus is on building skills, reducing distress, and moving toward goals that matter to the individual.
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Care
Carolyn commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take committed steps toward those values, which can be useful for anxiety, grief, and motivation issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, a good fit for stress, sleep problems, and eating concerns.She also brings attachment-based ideas into sessions to help people improve patterns of closeness and communication. These approaches can be used together depending on the situation, and the therapist will work with each person to decide which methods feel most useful. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process based on the client's goals, needs, and preferences.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people keep visual contact and work on relational material, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a less visual check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, problem-solving between sessions, or when writing helps someone organize thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue progress when in-person visits are difficult.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English