Drauzin Kern, LCSW

Drauzin Kern is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Louisiana with 38 years of clinical experience. He works with adults on common and complex problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, trauma, and anger. He also supports people navigating LGBT issues, intimacy concerns, and major life changes.

Drauzin favors straightforward conversation and practical steps. Sessions focus on building better communication, identifying patterns that keep problems going, and developing coping skills that fit daily life. He uses approaches that help people notice what matters and take steps that align with their values.

He often blends cognitive behavioral ideas with acceptance and commitment techniques to reduce unhelpful thinking and increase flexible action. Attachment-based ideas inform work on how early relationships affect current patterns. Client-centered methods keep the work focused on each person’s immediate concerns and strengths.

His background includes long experience helping people with family-of-origin issues, caregiver stress, first responder issues, cancer-related stress, and relationship breakups. He helps people sort through feelings of abandonment, control struggles, and codependency as part of broader treatment. That experience shapes the practical, problem-focused work he offers.

People who choose him often want clear steps and steady guidance rather than theory-heavy sessions. To begin, clients use the site matching process, schedule a first session, and then shape goals together in the first few meetings.

How his approaches translate to online sessions