STEPHANIE H BEST, PH.D., HSP-P

Stephanie H. Best, Ph.D., HSP-P, is an expert practitioner of mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The co-founder of a private practice and a contracting provider at a major psychiatric crisis unit in Raleigh, NC, Dr. Best also serves as an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She has received advanced training in mindfulness from master clinicians such as Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., and Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D., and completed an 8-week intensive course in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at Duke Integrative Medicine. Dr. Best has maintained a daily mindfulness meditation practice of her own for over a decade sustained by her direct personal experience, and deeply rooted belief, in its empirically supported mental, emotional and physical health benefits. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Duke University.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Stephanie Best is in private practice. Dr. Best is an adjunct assistant professor for University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Stephanie Best is a member of the American Psychological Association; North Carolina Psychological Association; Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies; and Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.