Kathrina Cauckwell-Rafferty, LCSW
Compassionate social worker focused on practical change
Book with KathrinaWorks with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
How Kathrina works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kathrina
Kathrina Cauckwell-Rafferty is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in California. She brings ten years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, addiction concerns, and relationship struggles. Kathrina aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can set clear goals and work toward practical change.
Her recent work has focused on substance use disorders, which gave her experience teaching coping skills and supporting people through recovery.
Background and approach
That work also involved helping people process past trauma and rebuild strained relationships. These experiences inform how she approaches anger, grief, intimacy issues, and self-esteem concerns. Kathrina has provided therapy in programs serving survivors of domestic and sexual violence and has worked with youth and their families in specialty services.
She also helps with adoption and foster care questions, blended family dynamics, and workplace stress. Her additional focus areas include codependency, commitment struggles, family of origin issues, and multicultural concerns. Her clinical style draws from client-centered methods, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.
Sessions emphasize practical skills, collaborative goal-setting, and small steps that add up to change. She offers a mix of messaging, live chat, phone, and video sessions to fit different needs. People who choose Kathrina can expect steady communication and a plan tailored to their situation.
She checks messages twice daily and uses a subscription-based scheduling system that can be canceled at any time.
What Kathrina works with
Everything Kathrina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kathrina's practice.
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kathrina lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's goals. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects understanding, and helps people name what matters. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, respectful space to work through anger, grief, or relationship stress.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Short exercises and repeated practice help people reduce intense reactions and build calmer ways of coping with anger and anxiety.
Motivational Interviewing concentrates on finding a person's own reasons for change. It uses open questions and reflective listening to increase motivation for steps like reducing substance use or improving communication.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathrina will discuss goals, preferences, and current challenges and choose techniques that fit each person's needs. The process is collaborative and adjusts over time as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short updates, skill coaching between sessions, or when written reflection helps. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Kathrina
What kinds of concerns can be addressed?
Areas of focus include addictions, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, stress, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
What is Kathrina's therapeutic style?
She uses client-centered approaches, Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques, and Motivational Interviewing to teach coping skills and support behavior change in a collaborative way.
How many years of clinical experience does she have?
Kathrina has ten years of experience working in clinical settings, including programs focused on substance use, domestic violence, and youth services.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a CA LCSW credential and practices in California.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist scheduling; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.