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Dr. Katherine Best founded the Encouragement Institute in 2004 after working in hospital, residential, and outpatient clinical settings for eight years. She holds two Master's degrees: Clinical Social Work and Public Health with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. Her Ph.D. is in social behavioral science. She has been certified in clinical hypnosis and has worked as a life coach since 1994. She completed her certification in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2001. Dr. Best has been a Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator since 2009, and has also been a member of the International Association for Collaborative Divorce Professionals, helping to assist couples and families through an amicable divorce process. In 2013, she completed a two-year post-doc in Archetypal Pattern Analysis and Dream Analysis in Vermont with the Assisi Institute. She is a Certified EMDR Therapist to assist with post trauma, OCD, and addictive issues.