Brenda Drake, LPC

Brenda Drake is an MS Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Mississippi with 20 years of clinical experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, parenting concerns, grief, addictions, ADHD and related challenges. She also lists work around family issues and LGBT concerns.

Her style is straightforward and person-focused. She listens for what matters most and helps people clarify small, practical steps they can try between sessions. Brenda draws from methods such as Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Gottman Method and Solution-Focused Therapy to shape sessions around clear goals.

In practice she helps people untangle communication problems, manage strong emotions like anger, and cope with major life changes such as separation or loss. She also addresses attachment and abandonment worries, blended family issues, caregiver stress, body image, and co-occurring conditions like chronic illness and mood disorders.

Clients can expect a focus on building skills for everyday life. Sessions may include skill teaching, behavior changes, and short-term strategies for problem solving. Brenda pays attention to cultural and identity factors when they affect feelings and relationships.

Her background includes two decades of clinical work in Mississippi. That experience informs a pragmatic approach to common household and parenting strains, and to the intersecting challenges many adults face when caring for others or managing complicated relationships.

How Brenda uses different therapy approaches online