- 17 years experience
- LMFT California
- Parenting focus
About Lynn
Lynn Novatt is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 17 years of experience combining therapy and coaching. She brings a calm, attentive presence and encourages people who are ready to make changes. Lynn aims to help clients feel seen and supported as they begin work on stressful or life-shifting concerns.
She trained in spiritual psychology at the University of Santa Monica and pairs those perspectives with practical therapeutic tools. Her approach emphasizes clear listening, honest feedback, and steady encouragement. Sessions often focus on noticing what gets in the way and finding small, actionable steps forward.
Lynn helps people address stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and self-esteem concerns. She also works on coping with life changes and offers coaching-style support for goal setting and follow-through. Additional areas include communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation.
Her therapy draws on Cognitive-Behavioral ideas, mindfulness, positive psychology, Gestalt, and approaches that build learned optimism. When clients choose homework, she may suggest question prompts, worksheets, audios, videos, articles, or books to extend progress between sessions.
Sessions are conducted in English and are based in California. Lynn frames therapy as a collaborative process that helps people gain clarity, get creative, and take action toward the life they want.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Many of Lynn's practices come from evidence-based techniques that help people change habits and find calm. Cognitive-Behavioral approaches look at how thoughts affect feelings and actions, and then teach step-by-step strategies for shifting unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness work trains attention and present-moment noticing to reduce reactivity and increase focus. Positive psychology and learned optimism focus on building strengths and habits that increase resilience and a more hopeful outlook.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lynn treats the selection of techniques as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, try approaches, and adjust plans based on what helps most in real life.
Confirm current session options before booking as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow access to a consistent therapeutic relationship while balancing work, parenting, and other daily demands.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Lynn focus on?
Lynn works with stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and coaching for personal goals. She also addresses communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, and money or life-purpose questions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She brings calm listening, compassionate encouragement, and direct feedback. The tone is supportive yet practical, with an emphasis on clarity and action.
What is her professional background?
She has 17 years of experience as a therapist and coach and holds a Master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology. That background is combined with hands-on therapeutic work and personal development practice.
Where is Lynn licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.