Tara Best, LMFT

Tara Best is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Oklahoma who brings a focused, compassionate approach to supporting individuals, couples, and families. With three years of professional experience, she concentrates on relationship and family dynamics, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, mood concerns like depression and bipolar disorder, anxiety and stress, grief, and a range of life transitions. Her LMFT credential indicates training in working with relational systems and family-centered care.

Tara works with people facing complex family situations including adoption and foster care, blended family adjustments, caregiver stress, communication and commitment concerns, divorce and separation, and issues related to pregnancy and childbirth. She also supports those coping with post-traumatic stress, domestic violence, intimacy-related difficulties, social anxiety, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her practice includes attention to both practical coping skills and deeper relational patterns.

Her clinical style emphasizes respect, empathy, and a belief in each person’s capacity for growth. She aims to meet clients where they are, offering steady support and hope as they navigate hard moments. Tara approaches therapy collaboratively, inviting clients to set goals and to explore changes at a pace that fits their life and values. She welcomes international clients and offers multiple remote options to increase accessibility.

Tara’s work is grounded in evidence-informed methods and a strengths-based outlook, centering compassion and realistic hope as people work toward healthier relationships and improved day-to-day functioning.