Ms. Carey Best

I am passionate about helping individuals reconnect with their sense of self, build confidence, and navigate the complexities of their relationships and emotions. My work often focuses on self-esteem, anxiety, emotional regulation, boundaries, and the unspoken pressures shaped by gender roles and social expectations.

I support clients in understanding how early messages around identity, emotion, and connection may be impacting their current struggles – and I help them reclaim clarity, boundaries, and self-trust. Whether you’re working through life transitions, anxiety, people-pleasing, or feeling stuck in your relationships, our work together creates space to shift patterns, strengthen your voice, and move toward a life that feels more aligned. I bring a warm, compassionate, and genuine approach, often incorporating humour (when appropriate) and directness to encourage growth and change.

In my practice, I offer a grounded and collaborative space where you’re encouraged to show up as you are – without judgment or pressure to “have it all figured out.” I take an integrative, trauma-informed approach, drawing on science and evidence-based practices like CBT (including Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy), solution-focused therapy, emotion-focused therapy, and mindfulness to tailor our work to your needs.

I work especially well with clients who are:

• Struggling with self-doubt or inner criticism
• Feeling anxious or overwhelmed by expectations (their own or others’)
• Exploring the impact of gender norms on their relationships and emotional expression
• Learning to set boundaries without guilt
• Wanting to build a stronger connection to their values, voice, and emotional resilience

Other areas of focus include anger management, ADHD, and stress management.