- Attachment work
- CBT techniques
- Emotion-focused work
About Katherine
Katherine Best is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Pennsylvania with six years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship or family concerns. Her practice also addresses issues like attachment and abandonment, caregiver stress, and guilt and shame.
Katherine’s sessions draw on attachment-based ideas and emotion-focused work to look at how past bonds shape current feelings. She uses client-centered techniques to listen and reflect, and cognitive behavioral methods to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Sessions tend to be straightforward and conversational, not overly technical.
She often helps people sort through communication problems and control issues that make everyday interactions harder. She supports those dealing with trauma, mood disorders, social anxiety, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and women’s health issues. Katherine also addresses questions of life purpose and forgiveness when these come up. Katherine asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session to begin. Sessions are run under a subscription that can be canceled at any time, with cost varying by location and plan.
How Katherine’s therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating. Online sessions using this lens often involve talking through relational patterns and noticing how emotions show up in present interactions. It can help when guilt or shame traces back to past attachments.Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and reflecting back what someone is experiencing. In practice this means sessions are conversational, with the therapist checking in and following the person’s concerns rather than imposing a set agenda. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought patterns and trying small behavioral experiments to reduce distress and test assumptions.
Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. Katherine will collaborate with clients to decide whether attachment, client-centered reflection, CBT, or a combination fits best for their goals and preferences. That decision is revisited as needs change.
Confirm the current session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Online delivery can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can schedule around work or caregiving. Licensed professionals offering remote sessions can also adapt exercises for speaking-only meetings if video is difficult, but please verify which formats this therapist currently provides.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, and related areas such as guilt and shame.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She draws on attachment-based and emotion-focused approaches to look at where those feelings come from and uses client-centered listening alongside CBT tools to test unhelpful thoughts.
What is her clinical background?
She has six years of experience working as a therapist with adults, focusing on mood, trauma recovery, attachment issues, and women's mental health concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a PA LCSW, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Pennsylvania.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific session formats.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model 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.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.