Carolyn Drakas
Compassionate guidance for everyday challenges
LMHC Florida
- Experience
- 22 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Carolyn
Carolyn Drakas is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship struggles, grief, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports those coping with sleep or eating problems and the pressures of parenting.
Background and approach
Carolyn presents herself as a calm, respectful presence for people ready to make a change. She shapes sessions to fit each person’s needs, using straightforward conversation and practical steps.
Her approach draws on proven methods such as the Gottman Method for relationship patterns, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build flexibility, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Carolyn uses attachment-focused ideas and a client-centered stance to keep the work grounded in each person’s experience.
In the room she listens first, then helps clients set clear, realistic goals. Treatment often includes simple exercises to practice between meetings.
She pays attention to how past losses or abandonment experiences affect present choices and relationships. With 22 years of experience as a licensed mental health counselor, she has worked with a wide range of concerns including body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and communication problems.
Carolyn adapts tools to the situation rather than following one fixed method. People who choose her can expect a collaborative process.
She explains steps plainly, checks in about progress, and adjusts the plan as needed. Her style is steady, compassionate, and practical.
How therapeutic approaches adapt to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on values-driven actions. It often helps when anxiety, stress, or avoidance get in the way of everyday life. The Gottman Method looks at recurring relationship patterns and communication habits to reduce conflict and build more predictable interactions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early bonds shape current relationships and can help when abandonment or attachment concerns drive behavior.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick or combine methods based on goals, preferences, and how problems show up. That means trying techniques, reviewing what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than committing to one path from the start.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for more in-depth discussions and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat is handy for short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options let people fit therapy around work, caregiving, and travel while keeping steady progress toward goals.
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Experience
22+ years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English