- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
About Kathrina
Kathrina Cauckwell-Rafferty is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with ten years of practice. She focuses on addictions, trauma, relationship issues, grief, anger, anxiety, depression, and parenting stresses. Kathrina has substantial experience helping people build coping skills and repair relationships after difficult events.
Her recent work has centered on substance use disorders, where she helped people develop new strategies to manage cravings and reduce harm. She has also worked in programs for youth and families, and with survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Those roles gave her practical experience with trauma, family conflict, and complex loss.
In sessions she uses client-centered methods, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing. That means sessions often focus on practical skills, managing strong emotions, and finding motivation for change. Conversations are direct and goal-oriented, with time spent on skill practice and planning.
Kathrina describes her approach as nonjudgmental and focused on clear goals. She works with clients to set specific targets and then builds steps to reach them. This can include learning distress tolerance, improving communication, or planning for relapse prevention in addiction recovery.
She offers messaging, live chat, phone sessions, and video sessions, and checks messages twice daily, seven days a week. Before booking, readers should confirm current session options to match their needs.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Kathrina uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on the person’s priorities and choices, helping them clarify goals and make decisions that fit their life. DBT supports learning concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal effectiveness. Motivational Interviewing helps people resolve ambivalence and find internal reasons to change behavior, useful in addiction and commitment issues.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review a client’s goals, current challenges, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try first. Sessions can adjust over time if different skills or a different emphasis seems more useful.
The biography lists messaging, live chat, phone, and video as offered options, but readers should confirm current session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins by phone or chat, and support regular practice of DBT skills between live conversations. The therapist’s methods lend themselves to homework, skills coaching, and brief motivational conversations delivered across different session types, helping people manage anger and related issues in everyday life.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to anger?
She works with anger alongside related issues such as relationships, trauma, stress, and parenting. Anger is treated as part of broader emotional and relational patterns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is client-centered with practical skill teaching. Sessions often include DBT skills and motivational interviewing techniques for behavior change.
How much experience does she have?
Kathrina has ten years of clinical experience, including work in substance use treatment and programs serving youth, families, and survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does her pricing work?
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.