Siyama Drake, LPC

Siyama Drake is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 26 years of clinical experience. She uses practical, hands-on methods so people can move past the things that keep them stuck. Her style adjusts to each person - she is supportive and also willing to challenge when needed.

Drake draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused approaches to address stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and trauma and abuse. She helps people identify patterns of thought and behavior and then practices small, manageable changes in sessions. Mindfulness and solution-focused tools are also used to build coping skills and clear goals.

Her background includes long-term work in residential and community settings, where she provided care for people with complex histories. That experience informs how she balances care and challenge in session. Expect a straightforward, goal-oriented approach with room for processing difficult experiences.

Siyama pays attention to family dynamics, attachment concerns, and issues like abandonment, adoption and foster care. She also addresses body image, communication struggles, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and concerns related to sexual assault and abuse.

Sessions take a practical focus: set a goal, learn a skill, practice it between meetings, and check progress. People who want clear steps and steady support often find this approach useful. If you have questions about session options or logistics, confirm current formats before booking.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Many of her sessions use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking problems into clear steps and practicing new responses.

She also uses Trauma-Focused techniques that gently address memories and reactions from past harm. These approaches work on reducing symptoms tied to trauma and building skills to feel more grounded in day-to-day life.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort. Sessions can shift over time as progress is made and priorities change.

Confirm current session formats before booking to know what is offered. Online therapy can make regular check-ins easier to fit into a busy life, allow shorter follow-up meetings when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also make it simpler to keep momentum between appointments by scheduling sessions at convenient times.