About Drauzin
Drauzin Kern is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 38 years in clinical and behavioral health. He offers a calm, down-to-earth presence for people facing hard changes and intense emotions. He draws on practical, person-centered approaches to help people name what matters and decide what to try next.
Sessions focus on clear goals such as easing anxiety, managing depression, boosting self-esteem, or improving communication. His style is straightforward and respectful, and he makes space for differences in identity and experience.
How Drauzin works
Drauzin has long experience helping people recover from trauma and abuse, and work through grief and compassion fatigue. He also addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, anger, and the strain of caregiving. He pays attention to attachment patterns and how early relationships still shape present-day reactions.
People turn to him for help with life transitions like divorce, aging concerns, cancer caregiving, or career and role changes. He offers strategies to cope with abandonment fears, control issues, codependency, and the aftermath of natural or human-caused disasters. First responder stress and family-of-origin problems are additional areas he supports.
Sessions are offered in English from Louisiana and he accepts international clients. Drauzin uses a mix of approaches - including cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and client-centered listening - to tailor work to each person’s needs and goals.
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What Drauzin works with
The areas below are the ones Drauzin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 38 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice what matters most and commit to actions that reflect their values. It uses simple exercises to shift how someone responds to painful thoughts and feelings and can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. This work helps people recognize attachment styles, improve communication, and build more supported ways of relating to others. It can be useful for intimacy issues, relationship struggles, and caregiving stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means adapting techniques from different models and checking in regularly about what is helping.
Online formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent. Video calls let the therapist and client read facial cues and try interactive exercises. Phone sessions work well when a quiet, lower-bandwidth check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief check-ins, homework prompts, or support between sessions. Together these options provide flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, travel, or other demands.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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