About Ginger
Ginger Drake is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 12 years of clinical experience. She has focused much of her practice on people struggling with substance use and other addictive behaviors, and she uses faith-informed approaches when they fit a person's goals and values. Her day-to-day work centers on concrete change.
She listens to what is happening now, helps a person name patterns, and supports steps to reduce harm and regain control.
Background and approach
She blends practical strategies with conversations about personal beliefs when clients want that included. Ginger draws on many therapeutic models and now integrates biblical Christian counseling for clients who request faith-based guidance. She uses that approach alongside evidence-based techniques to address anxiety, stress, trauma, and grief.
This allows her to match the method to the issue rather than sticking to a single formula. She also addresses concerns related to cancer, eating and food-related problems, traumatic brain injury, seasonal affective disorder, and women's issues. Her experience includes working with drug and alcohol addiction and process addictions such as gambling, exercise, or pornography when these are a primary concern.
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Ginger aims to help people build practical skills, make clearer decisions, and find ways to cope that fit their daily life.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Ginger combines evidence-based techniques with an option for biblical Christian counseling when clients want faith integrated into care. Evidence-based techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, teaching coping skills, and building routines that reduce anxiety and addictive urges. Biblical Christian counseling draws on scriptural principles and faith-related discussion to help clients find meaning and motivation consistent with their beliefs.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. That conversation guides whether to use more skills-based interventions, a faith-informed approach, or a blend of both, and the plan can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, progress updates, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options help fit sessions into busy days and different schedules.
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Also listed
- Cancer
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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