- Years in practice
- 3
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Tara
Tara Best is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on practical support for parents and adults facing relationship and life stresses. She works with people dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and parenting challenges. Tara uses approachable language and clear steps to help clients manage problems and move forward.
Tara draws on three years of experience as an LMFT in Oklahoma. She helps parents handle the strain of raising children, manage blended family issues, and address adoption or foster care concerns.
Background and approach
She also supports people coping with relationship problems, communication breakdowns, and changes like divorce or separation. In sessions she combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques to set small, achievable goals. She uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change and Trauma-Focused Therapy when past events keep affecting day-to-day life.
She explains each step and checks in often to keep work practical and doable. Tara pays attention to both immediate needs and longer-term patterns. That can mean teaching coping skills for panic or anger, improving communication, or planning next steps after a painful loss.
She also addresses work stress, first responder issues, caregiver strain, and financial worries when those affect family life. People meet her in a range of online formats. Sessions can be video calls, phone meetings, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Tara works in English and accepts international clients while practicing from Oklahoma as an LMFT.
What Tara works with
Everything Tara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tara helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tara lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Many clients find Cognitive Behavioral Therapy useful for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT focuses on clear skills such as managing worry, tracking moods, and trying small changes to see what works. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on setting short-term goals and building on what already works in daily life, which can be helpful for parents and people facing specific problems.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and then try an approach that matches those priorities. If something isn’t working, adjustments are made together so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions fit if bandwidth is limited, live chat allows shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing work between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or busy family routines.
Questions people ask about Tara
What concerns does Tara address?
She helps with parenting challenges, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, grief, and stress among other concerns.
What style of therapy does she use?
She blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused work, Motivational Interviewing, and Trauma-Focused Therapy to set goals and address the problems that matter most to the client.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist working with a range of family and trauma-related issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an LMFT practicing in Oklahoma and provides services consistent with that credential.
Can I work with her if I live outside the US?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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