Noam Dinovitz, MD, LCSW-C, LCSW
Practical, goal-focused therapy with Narrative elements
Details
| Name | Noam Dinovitz |
|---|---|
| Credentials | MD, LCSW-C, LCSW |
| Based in | Pennsylvania |
| Licensed in | Pennsylvania, Maryland |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 7 |
About Noam
Noam Dinovitz is a clinician who centers therapy on practical progress. He uses a mix of conversational listening and concrete tools to help people feel better and move forward. Sessions are aimed at clear goals like reducing anxiety, lifting depression, or improving self-worth.
Noam combines Narrative ideas with client-centered care to help people reframe life stories and identify useful changes. He asks straightforward questions to help people see patterns and then suggests hands-on techniques to try between meetings.
Background and approach
This keeps conversations focused on what matters now. He has seven years of clinical experience and holds an MD plus social work credentials, listed as LCSW-C and LCSW. His work covers a wide range of concerns from stress and addiction to grief, eating issues, and ADHD.
Noam also supports people dealing with relationship strain, intimacy questions, career stress, and compassion fatigue. In sessions he checks in often to make sure goals are being met. That means reviewing progress, adjusting strategies, and teaching practical coping skills.
The aim is steady steps forward rather than abstract talk. Noam offers several formats for contact including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. People in Pennsylvania can work with him in English.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step helps align goals and timing.
What this therapist works with
His listing names Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Self esteem among the things Noam works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in his listing among his approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Imago Relationship Therapy: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Noam among the ways he works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Noam directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how he works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Noam directly how he uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and Practical Therapies Work Online
Noam uses Narrative approaches alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered techniques. Narrative work helps people reframe their life stories and spot unhelpful patterns. It can be useful for relationship questions, identity concerns, and coping with major life changes. ACT focuses on values and small actions that matter, helping people move toward goals even with difficult thoughts or feelings. Client-centered work means the therapist listens closely and collaborates, shaping sessions around what the person finds most important.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Noam will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration includes checking progress and changing techniques if something isn’t helping.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows fuller conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be lower bandwidth, live chat is good for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short, ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, care duties, and busy days while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Noam commonly address?
Noam works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, self-esteem, and related issues like grief, trauma, parenting stress, and career concerns.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He blends Narrative ideas with client-centered care and practical techniques, focusing on understanding stories people tell and trying hands-on strategies to change them.
What is his professional background?
Noam has seven years of clinical experience and combines medical and social work perspectives to guide treatment and practical coping skills.
Which credentials and location apply to this clinician?
The listed credentials are MD, LCSW-C, and LCSW, and he practices in Pennsylvania.
What languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are offered?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
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 first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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