Carolyn Drakas, LMHC
Florida · 22 years in practice
Carolyn Drakas is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 22 years of experience helping people who struggle with stress, anxiety, addictions, and relationship concerns.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH7948 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1144532417 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Carolyn
Carolyn Drakas is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 22 years of experience helping people who struggle with stress, anxiety, addictions, and relationship concerns. She also supports those coping with grief, low self-esteem, eating or sleeping problems, and the stresses of parenting. Carolyn approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Her sessions focus on practical conversation and clear goals. She listens first, then tailors a plan that fits each person's needs.
Background and approach
That plan may draw on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or cognitive techniques depending on what seems most helpful. Carolyn draws on a long career working with a wide range of issues. She can help people facing abandonment worries, attachment struggles, body image concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and blended family challenges.
She also addresses communication problems, commitment and control issues, and co-occurring difficulties. Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She aims to create a space where people can name what matters, try new ways of relating or coping, and practice small changes between sessions.
Sessions are practical and paced to each person's comfort. Carolyn practices in Florida and speaks English. She offers several ways to connect, including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
If someone is ready to take a first step, she helps them move forward at a manageable pace.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Carolyn lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- 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
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Carolyn names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- 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
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How emotion and behavior work in online therapy
Carolyn commonly uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and work with strong feelings during relationships and personal challenges. EFT focuses on how emotions shape reactions and aims to help people respond differently to painful moments. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which encourages identifying values and taking small, meaningful steps even when emotions are difficult. ACT can help with anxiety, avoidance, and building a clearer sense of what matters. Attachment-Based Therapy is another approach she uses to look at patterns formed early in life and how they influence current relationships and coping. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carolyn collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She reviews what’s helping and adjusts the plan as progress is made. Online therapy lets people connect in ways that fit their life. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options aim to make it easier to keep consistent care, try new skills between meetings, and fit therapy into busy schedules.We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Carolyn address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, grief, self-esteem, eating and sleeping problems, and parenting strain. She also focuses on attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a direct, collaborative approach that emphasizes listening and practical steps. Conversations are tailored to each person's goals and comfort level.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of professional work experience supporting people with a variety of life challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL LMHC, and provides practice from Florida.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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