Katherine Ann Best
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW, MPH, MSW
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
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Sarasota, FL 34236
Let's Connect (941) 487-0956
Dr. Katherine Best is dedicated to your wellbeing by providing a quick response and flexible hours of care. Building upon strengths, she uses a positive, non-judgmental approach to encourage growth and change. Dr. Best offers: psychotherapy, marriage and family therapy, trauma resolution, pre and post divorce counseling, family mediation for conflict resolution, clinical hypnosis, EMDR, archetypal pattern dream analysis, and life coaching. In addition, Dr. Katherine Best offers treatment for stress, anxiety, procrastination, depression, cumulative exposures to trauma, priest and clergy abuse, chronic pain, and insomnia.
Dr. Katherine Best holds certifications in the following areas: Marriage & Family Therapy; EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing); Clinical Hypnosis and Trauma Resolution; Mindfulness Training; Violence Prevention; Supreme Court Family Mediation and Dispute Resolution; Dream and Archetypal Pattern Analysis.
Dr. Best has taught as a professor at Simmons College in Boston, and has worked as faculty for Smith College in Northampton, MA, and University of South Florida. She is available for presentations, in the areas of: Suicide, Cooperative and Amicable Divorces, Bullying and Violence, Resilience, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse, Complex Trauma and PTSD.
Call or Email Katherine Ann Best now for a free 15 minute consultation - (941) 487-0956
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $225
- Couple Sessions $225
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by American Express, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa
Insurance
- Out of Network
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Katherine Ann Best
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW, MPH, MSW
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Florida / SW7395 Katherine Ann Best
- In Practice for 20 Years
- Certificate from Supreme Court Family Mediator #20321F / 2009
- Certificate from EMDRIA 2015
- Attended University of South Florida, Graduated 1999
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Trauma and PTSD
- Divorce
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Cancer
- Child
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Introvert Coaching
- Life Coaching
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Priest and Clergy Abuse
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Veterans
- Women's Issues
Endorsement
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Aviation Professionals ,
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Asian ,
Native American
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Aviation Professionals ,
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Asian ,
Native American
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dream Analysis
- EMDR
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Hypnotherapy
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Jungian
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Transpersonal
- Trauma Focused
Location
Nearby Areas
Neighborhoods
Call for a free consultation now - (941) 487-0956
Katherine Ann Best
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW, MPH, MSW