Tara Best , LMFT

Tara Best is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Oklahoma with three years of clinical experience. She works with individuals, couples, and families on a broad range of concerns including relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, anxiety and stress, grief, intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Her additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, commitment and communication problems, domestic violence, and support for first responders among others.

She approaches care with respect and compassion, emphasizing hope and belief in each person’s capacity to change. Tara draws on evidence-informed methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy to tailor work to each client’s needs. She accepts new clients and is available to work with international clients as well. Therapy is provided in English and offered through multiple online and remote formats to fit different schedules and circumstances.

Tara aims to create a collaborative environment where clients and therapists set goals together, build coping strategies, and work toward more satisfying relationships and daily functioning. As an LMFT she focuses on patterns in relationships and family systems while also addressing individual skills and resilience.