Therapeutic Services
Dr. Novit provides psychotherapy and psychological assessment to children (ages 6+), teens, and adults who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, academic, developmental, or relational challenges. She also offers professional consultation services.
Dr. Novit welcomes patients to a supportive, collaborative and non-judgmental therapeutic environment. She believes that the way you present yourself in the world is affected by emotional, social, cultural, physical, and spiritual aspects of your life. Her interactive therapeutic approach is strength-based, integrative, and holistic encompassing mind, body, and spirit and incorporates coping strategies, skills building and evidence-based treatment modalities.
Dr. Novit brings her expertise, compassion and humor, while you bring motivation and knowledge of yourself, your child, or your teen. Working together, you discover your strengths and cultivate/enhance the skills needed to generate positive change and achieve solutions. She believes you have an extensive set of emotional, social, cognitive and physical resources and your pursuit is to learn more and better ways of accessing your strengths and resilience. Dr. Novit helps you look at issues through a different lens so as to develop new perspectives, gain more clarity, and attain positive change.
“Never stop dreaming, never stop believing, never give up, never stop trying, and never stop learning.”
Services for Individuals
Children (ages 6-11)
With all the daily challenges of raising a child, sometimes it’s hard to know whether you are on the right track. And sometimes you may not be sure if your child’s behaviors are common and developmentally appropriate. But as a parent, your intuition is your best tool to determine if your child is struggling and your expertise on your child is extremely valuable to the treatment process.
Teens (12-18)
As a parent, you want your teen to become independent and happy, learn who they are and who they want to become, and make good choices so they can have healthy and fulfilling lives. But the teen years can sometimes be turbulent and it can be difficult to know what behaviors are “normal” for your teen and when there may be a more serious problem.
Adults
Personal growth and healing is a process of creating self-awareness, developing insight, enhancing strengths, implementing effective coping, and practicing behavior change. It is Dr. Novit's philosophy that people often hold the key to their own personal growth and healing process, and her role is one of collaboration to promote that process.
International Pre-Adoption Psychological Evaluation
Dr. Novit specializes in conducting International Pre-Adoption Psychological Evaluations which are assessments typically required by international adoption agencies as one portion of the mental health screening process. Since countries vary in their requirements, Dr. Novit collaborates with your adoption agency and tailors the evaluation to ensure fulfillment of all requirements. Dr. Novit makes the evaluation as stress-free as possible and is understanding and compassionate toward frequently encountered issues such as infertility, miscarriages, or past/current mental health treatment.
Professional Consultation
Dr. Novit is available for psychological seminars/training, professional consultation, school-based services, and sitting on dissertation committees. Her services are geared toward clinicians of all disciplines, teachers, other service professionals, physicians, and psychology graduate students.