Kate Best earned her Master of Social Work degree at Columbia University in New York City. Her training and experience has focused on mental health and addictions treatment in a multitude of settings. Kate has worked at a number of outpatient substance abuse treatment centres, both in New York and Toronto. Kate has been in private practice in Toronto since 2014.

Kate is trained in a number of different forms of psychotherapay, including motivational interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT). She specializes in goal-oriented counseling that focuses on eliciting behavioural change and resolving ambivalence. Combining a number of different therapeutic techniques, Kate meets her clients where they are and joins them in their growth process.