- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Life purpose work
About Lynn
Lynn Novatt is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 17 years of experience. She combines psychotherapy and coaching to help people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, self-esteem concerns, and major life changes.
Lynn uses straightforward listening and reflective feedback in sessions. She describes her work as practical: she listens closely, points out patterns she notices, and offers honest observations to help clients make choices. When clients want more structure, she suggests exercises, worksheets, audio prompts, or short tasks to try between sessions.
Her background includes a master's degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. Over time she has blended talk therapy with coaching techniques so sessions can include both emotional processing and goal-focused planning. Clients exploring life purpose and money concerns will find that she brings both questions and tools to those topics.
In session she often uses cognitive-behavioral ideas and mindfulness practices to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. She also draws from positive psychology and Gestalt approaches to help people clarify values and make small changes. These methods are described plainly and applied to everyday problems like parenting stress or feeling stuck after a life change.
People who prefer active work between sessions will find options for reading, worksheets, and guided audio. Lynn asks potential clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session to begin determining whether her style fits their needs.
Approaches she uses and how online sessions work
She commonly uses cognitive-behavioral ideas to help people notice thought patterns and try new behaviors. CBT-style work can be useful for anxiety, stress, and self-critical thinking because it breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. She also uses mindfulness practices to help people build brief skills for calming attention and reducing reactivity. Mindfulness supports managing stress, staying present during parenting moments, and reducing overwhelm. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lynn will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences. That means trying tools in session and reviewing what helps, then adjusting the plan as needed. Confirm the current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove commute time from a day. They can also support using audio recordings, worksheets, and digital reading material between appointments to extend the work into daily life.Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Experience
17+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include communication, control issues, guilt and shame, and life purpose.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach combines attentive listening with direct feedback and practical tasks. She uses exercises, worksheets, and guided audio when clients agree to do work between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of experience working as a therapist and coach. That experience shapes how she balances emotional processing with goal-focused planning.
What are her professional credentials and location?
She is a California LMFT, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What is her fee structure or payment model?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.
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