- Addictions
- Family of origin
- DBT skills
About Kathrina
Kathrina Cauckwell-Rafferty is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing addictions, relationship strain, anxiety, depression, and the stresses of parenting. She also supports those dealing with grief, anger, low self-esteem, and intimacy-related concerns.
Her recent work has focused on substance use disorders. That work involved helping people build coping skills, address past trauma when it comes up, and repair strained relationships. She has also provided therapy in programs serving domestic violence and sexual abuse survivors and worked with youth programs and their families.
Kathrina uses Client-Centered Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing in her sessions. In practice this means she listens for each person's goals, helps them develop practical coping strategies, and uses structured skills work when needed. She pays attention to family patterns and how childhood roles continue to affect adult relationships.
People who come to her often want concrete tools to manage strong emotions, reduce substance use, or change interaction patterns that cause repeated conflict. She also addresses adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, codependency, and multicultural questions. Her approach mixes talk with skill practice and problem-solving.
Sessions are held in English and are offered from her California practice. Costs vary depending on location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building goals together. Online work with this approach emphasizes conversations that clarify what someone wants to change and small steps to get there.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, brings concrete skills for handling strong emotions and improving relationships. In remote sessions that can mean practicing skills, reviewing exercises between meetings, and using short check-ins to reinforce progress.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and reduce substance use. Over video or phone this approach uses focused questions and reflection to strengthen commitment to a goal.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk through needs, goals, and preferences and recommend which methods to try first. That selection can change as work progresses.
The biography lists messaging, live chat, phone, and video as formats. If you are unsure which formats are currently offered, confirm before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a weekday break, use shorter check-ins, or avoid travel time, while still allowing skill practice and reflective conversation.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with addictions, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting stress, grief, anger, self-esteem issues, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapy style?
She follows a client-centered style and combines that with DBT skills and Motivational Interviewing to focus on practical coping strategies and behavior change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 10 years of experience, including work focused on substance use disorders and programs for domestic violence and sexual abuse survivors.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW licensed in California and practices out of that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
The biography indicates messaging, live chat, phone, and video sessions; confirm the current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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