Batya Kagan

Batya Kagan

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Medi-Cal Provider

Hello! My name is Batya Kagan. I believe we are all born with this beautiful yarn that we are, and we hope to weave it into a good life, a beautiful tapestry with others. However yarn can get tangled by confusion, broken trust, or lack of guidance. If you’ve ever tried to get knots out by yourself, sometimes you can do it, and that’s great, but sometimes it really helps to get a hand. I look forward to working with you, your family, or you and your spouse or partner to disentangle the burdens of disconnection that we all face in our lives. I want you to get back to your untangled self, to your dreams, to better communication in your family, or to a deeper connection with being fully alive.

I earned my master’s degree at Pacifica Graduate School in Counseling Psychology. I also have thirty years of training in peer counseling with a focus on how racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, the burdens of parenting without support, and other oppressions can affect our mental health. I also am certified in Eco-therapy which would allow those who wish, to go outside the walls of the therapy room to have nature act as a co-therapist for healing. This can be a calming experience for those who are anxious, have experienced trauma or simply want to try that modality.

I love working with children, teens and young adults and my playful spirit can be a help to adults as well.

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New Office in San Francisco!

Shine a Light Counseling Center is please to merge with New Perspectives Center for Counseling. NPCC has been serving the San Francisco community for thirty years. Now NPCC is transitioning to become the San Francisco site for Shine a Light. NPCC will retain its name, character and history. For information about NPCC or counseling in San Francisco:

 

New Perspectives Center for Counseling (link)

Emergency Contact

Shine a Light does not provide crisis services. If you have a mental health emergency, call 988 or 911. Or  click here  for more Crisis Resources

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Good Faith Estimate

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If you have private health insurance and we are not in-network with your plan, please be aware that your costs for therapy may be less by using an in-network provider. This will depend upon your plan's deductible amounts and co-payments. In some cases, counseling at Shine a Light is less costly than using private insurance.

If you hope to use "out of network" benefits through your private insurance, please be aware that many plans will not reimburse for services provided by trainees. Please request an Associate level therapists for out-of-network billing.

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