Bergen County Psychotherapy
and Psychoeducational Evaluation Services
A happy mind is a healthy mind, and a healthy mind is good for the body.
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Dr. Ranita Fooks
Dr. Ranita Fooks is a licensed clinical and certified school psychologist and the founder of The Healthy Mind. She holds a doctorate from Hofstra University in Clinical and School Psychology. Prior to starting this practice, Dr. Fooks has worked in varied settings providing psychological services including evaluation, treatment, cognitive rehabilitation, and pain management to injured workers through the New York State Worker's Compensation Program. She has also worked within the public school setting as a school psychologist. She specializes in providing cognitive behavioral therapy for a range of social-emotional challenges.
Services We Offer
Psychological Consultation
Patients are provided with an initial intake evaluation session to gain an understanding of your goals, challenges and preferences. Psychological consultation is a diagnostic procedure that involves the assessment of a patient’s present thought patterns and how they affect his or her behavior and daily functioning. Diagnoses and a personalized treatment plan are discussed and developed based on a structured interview and a series of assessments.
Individual and Group Therapy
The Healthy Mind incorporates the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) within your therapy sessions. CBT is a evidence-based collaborative and goal-oriented therapeutic approach. It is based on the premise that our thoughts and beliefs affect how we feel and the behaviors we engage in. CBT can help you develop skills and strategies to better manage various challenges and positively impact mood symptoms. CBT therapy programs are tailored to meet your specific needs.
Psychoeducational Evaluation
Full Diagnostic Psychoeducational and Neuropsychological Evaluations are helpful in determining whether learning, attentional, verbal, social, and/or emotional problems are interfering with your child’s academic functioning. Emphasis is placed on identifying and clarifying problem areas and developing realistic goals. Test results can provide information about which accommodations are important for your child to succeed at school. All evaluations are individualized to meet your child's specific needs.