Kathrina Cauckwell-Rafferty, LCSW

Kathrina Cauckwell-Rafferty is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with 10 years of experience. Her clinical background centers on working with people affected by substance use disorders, where she has helped individuals build healthier coping skills, process past traumas, mend relationships, and identify reliable sources of support.

She has extended her work to specialty programs that serve youth and their families, and she has provided therapeutic services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Those experiences inform a broad practice focus that includes addictions, family and parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, and compassion fatigue.

Kathrina approaches care from a collaborative, client-centered perspective and integrates evidence-informed methods such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Motivational Interviewing. She emphasizes creating a nonjudgmental space where individual goals guide treatment planning, and she works with each person to develop tailored strategies for change.