Anthem Medi-Cal
Anthem Medi-Cal Clients Welcome!
Shine a Light Counseling Center is an in-network provider with Anthem Medi-Cal plans throughout California. If you have Medi-Cal through Anthem, we can bill your insurance with no deductible or copayment. Your therapy is free. Use the Request for Services form below to get connected to a therapist quickly.
UC SHIP Plans
University of California Clients Welcome!
Referral from your Student Health Center required
Shine a Light Counseling Center is an in-network provider with Anthem UC SHIP plans. UC SHIP plans are provided to students by the University of California. To access a therapist off-campus you have to obtain a referral from your Student Health Center. Once you have this referral, there is no deductible or copayment to pay. Your therapy is free. Contact your Student Health Center to get a referral and then fill out the Request for Services form below.
Anthem PPO & HMO Plans
No Superbills for Anthem PPO & HMO clients
Not accepting new Anthem clients for in-network
Shine a Light Counseling Center is not accepting new clients with private Anthem plans. We hope to receive an increase in the rates Anthem pays, starting in May. If so, we can begin seeing Anthem PPO & HMO plan clients again. Unfortunately, because we have a current contract with Anthem, our clients are unable to submit Superbills to Anthem for out-of-network benefits.
Request an Appointment
To Request an Appointment at Shine a Light or NPCC, please fill out this form. We respond to inquiries Monday through Friday. All inquiries we receive on the weekends or holidays will be processed the next business day. Thank you for your patience. If you need immediate services, please call 911.
Agency Inquiries
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
Telephone Contact
You can call Shine a Light at 831-996-1222, but we encourage you to use the email forms to the left. If you call, please leave the following:
- Phone number
- Preferred location
- Best times to meet
- Issue you want help with
- What insurance you have (if any)
FAX us at: 831-417-0443
Good Faith Estimate
You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your therapy sessions will cost. Your fee will be set according to a sliding scale, in collaboration with your therapist, prior to your first counseling session. Total costs depend upon the number of sessions you choose to utilize.
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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