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Counseling Services
Shine a Light Counseling Center offers therapy in all formats (Family, Couple Individual, Child and Group) for a wide variety of life’s challenges. Some of our specialties are listed in the menus to the left, but we are happy to help you with whatever you may be struggling with.
Our counselors all share a deep respect for each person’s inner wisdom. We support you to find your own answers, build your relationship skills, and cultivate greater compassion toward yourself and the people you care about.
Click on the links on either side menu to learn more about how we approach different issues, and how we work with people to help better their lives. If you would like to make an appointment with a counselor, please fill in the form below.
Why Choose Shine a Light?
Many of our therapists are fresh in their careers, with a great passion to provide quality service to each client. Research shows that client outcomes do not necessarily increase as therapists gain more years of experience. But ironically, what does increase with experience is the therapist’s own perception of the quality of their work.
If experience does not necessarily improve therapeutic outcomes, what does? The research concludes that therapy is more effective when therapists practice together, in a learning community, where they continue to grow and reflect on their work in the company of inspired peers. That’s what we are creating at Shine a Light.
Request an Appointment
To Request an Appointment at Shine a Light or NPCC, please fill out this form. Please note *We respond to inquiries Monday through Friday 8AM to 8PM. All inquiries we receive on the weekends or holidays will be processed the next business day. Thank you for your patience.
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
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 medical care 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, please be aware that your costs for therapy may be less by using an in-network provider for your insurance company. 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 pre-licensed therapists (most of our staff).
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