Marc Navon, MSW, LICSW, MPH
Cognitive Behavioral Therapist
“Serving the behavioral healthcare needs of adults.”
Offering telehealth services exclusively.
Licensed in CA, MA, and SC.
“What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?”
Marc is a seasoned clinician who uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in his work with clients. CBT focuses on exploring relationships among a person's thoughts, feelings and behaviors. During CBT Marc actively works with clients to uncover unhealthy patterns of thought and how they may be causing self-destructive behaviors and beliefs.
By addressing these patterns, the client and Marc work together to develop constructive ways of thinking that will produce healthier behaviors and beliefs. For instance, CBT can help clients replace thoughts that lead to low self-esteem ("I can't do anything right") with positive expectations ("I can do this most of the time, based on my prior experiences").
The core principles of CBT are identifying negative or false beliefs and testing or restructuring them. Oftentimes clients being treated with CBT will have homework in between sessions where they practice replacing negative thoughts with more realistic thoughts based on prior experiences or record their negative thoughts in a journal.
Studies of CBT have shown it to be an effective treatment for a wide variety of mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, eating disorders and schizophrenia. Individuals who undergo CBT show changes in brain activity, suggesting that this therapy actually improves your brain functioning as well. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has a considerable amount of scientific data supporting its use.
Source:NAMI
Biography
Marc Navon earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He holds two master’s degrees in Social Work from Simmons College in Boston, and in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Marc began his clinical career at the North Shore Children’s Hospital in Salem, MA working with children and families in psychiatric inpatient and outpatient settings and on the medical floors.
He has also held positions as Director of Social Work and Outpatient Departments at Mt. Pleasant Hospital, a substance abuse treatment facility formally in Lynn, MA; Director of Utilization Management at the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health; Operations Manager of the Behavioral Health Program at Neighborhood Health Plan in Boston; and Managing Director of the Center for Health Policy and Research at the UMass Medical School in Worcester, MA. Marc has been in private practice since 1986 serving clients of all ages for a variety of behavioral health issues.
Credentials
Licensure/Certification
Education
SIMMONS COLLEGE, Boston, MA
Master of Social Work, May 1981
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst, MA
Master of Public Health, May 2010
B. A. in Psychology, Cum Laude, May 1977
Treatment Expertise
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Addictions (Alcohol, Opiates and other Substances)
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- Marital and Family Problems
- Career Challenges
- Other Psychiatric Difficulties
Client Reviews
Insurances Accepted
Aetna AllWays Health PartnersBC/BSPoint32Health
(Harvard Pilgrim and Tufts Health Plan)United Healthcare
Publications
- Marc Navon, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., Deborah Nelson, Ph.D., Maria Pagano, Ph.D., Michael Murphy, Ed.D.Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist in Strategies to Improve Preventive Behavioral Health Care.Psychiatr Serv. 2001 Jun; 52(6): 800–804.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.6.800
- Raymond B. Jr. Flannery, M. Annette Hanson, Walter E. Penk, Gary J. Pastva,Marc A. Navon, Georgina J. Flannery.Replicated Declines in Assault Rates After Implementation.Psychiatric Services. 1998.
- http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/ps.49.2.241
- Raymond B. Jr. Flannery, M. Annette Hanson, Walter E. Penk, Gary J. Pastva,Marc A. Navon, Georgina J. Flannery.Hospital Downsizing and Patients' Assaults on Staff.Psychiatric Quarterly. March 1997, Volume 68, Issue 1, pp 67-76
- http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1025409222084
- Eileen Elias and Marc Navon.Implementing managed care in a state mental health authority: Implications for organizational change.Smith College Studies in Social Work. Volume 66, Issue 3, 1996. Special Issue: The Corporate and Human Faces of Managed Health Care: The Interplay between Mental Health Policy and Practice.
- http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1022805814151
- Eileen Elias and Marc Navon.The Massachusetts Experience With Managed Mental Health Care And Medicaid. Health Affairs. In Joseph J. Bevilacqua Perspectives: Why States Embrace May Be Premature.Health Affairs, Fall 1995.14, no.3:45-46.
- http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/22/1/101.full#sec-19