About Katherine
Katherine Best is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. She works with individuals in Pennsylvania and focuses on practical changes that can make daily life feel easier. She uses an attachment-based lens to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.
That helps when people struggle with abandonment, trust, or repeated relationship problems. She also draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Katherine brings a client-centered, emotionally focused approach to sessions. That means she listens carefully, validates feelings, and helps clients name emotions so they can respond rather than react. She combines that with existential questions about meaning and purpose when someone wants a deeper look at life direction.
Her work often addresses grief, trauma, and caregiver stress. She helps people talk through guilt, shame, control issues, and impulsivity while building clearer communication skills. Pregnancy, childbirth, and women's mental health are also areas she pays close attention to when they come up in therapy.
With six years of experience as an LCSW - licensed clinical social worker - Katherine aims to create a calm, honest space for change. Sessions focus on small, actionable steps alongside emotional work. She supports clients in finding choices that fit their values and daily responsibilities.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past bonds shape current relationships and emotional patterns. Online sessions can focus on identifying those patterns, recognizing triggers, and trying new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person's experience and pace. In virtual work this means the therapist listens deeply, follows what matters most to the client, and supports their choices as they explore feelings and goals.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Using video or messaging, clients can work on thought records, experiment with small changes between sessions, and review results together.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and life context to find methods that fit. Plans can shift over time as needs and priorities change, with regular check-ins about progress.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls support face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions work when lower bandwidth or no camera is needed. Live chat or text messaging can provide shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection, and a way to work through feelings between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the work focused and achievable.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English