Siyama Drake, LPC

Siyama Drake is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 26 years of clinical experience. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas alongside trauma-informed strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strains. Her manner balances support with constructive challenge to help people move past what keeps them stuck.

Drake uses clear, practical tools in sessions. She helps people notice thoughts and behaviors that fuel distress and then tries new ways of responding. When trauma is part of the picture she brings focused approaches to process painful events and reduce their ongoing impact.

She also addresses family-related concerns such as communication problems, blended family dynamics, and issues tied to adoption, attachment, or abandonment. Other areas of focus include body image, impulsivity, personality concerns, post-traumatic stress, and recovery from sexual assault and abuse.

Her background includes long-term work in residential and community settings with people who have experienced trauma. That experience informs a straightforward style that adapts to each person’s needs, sometimes offering gentle support and sometimes pushing for change.

Sessions emphasize skill building and short-term strategies when helpful, alongside deeper work for long-standing problems. Drake aims to help people build coping skills, improve relationships, and regain a sense of control over everyday life.

Practical approaches for online help

Drake commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and daily stress. CBT sessions tend to include specific exercises, homework, and skill practice aimed at producing noticeable change.

She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of traumatic events. This approach helps people process upsetting memories and learn ways to respond differently when trauma symptoms appear. It is useful for post-traumatic stress, sexual assault recovery, and other trauma-related problems.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they can try strategies and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video is often used for in-depth work and skills practice, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can serve as brief check-ins or to keep momentum between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions and to use the format that matches a person's needs and routine.