Shine a Light Counseling Center
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified by Psychology Today
1 Endorsed
700 Frederick St. #103, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Let's Connect (831) 350-6795
We are a non-profit counseling agency with locations in Santa Cruz, Watsonville, & Monterey. We provide high quality, affordable psychotherapy and counseling services to individuals, couples, families, and groups. Our fees are set on a sliding scale, based upon your income. Our services are provided by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Master's level Interns and Trainees who are under the supervision of a licensed therapist. We would love to answer any questions you may have, or schedule an appointment to meet with you. Simply call or send us an email today!
We can help you find the right therapist for you. Each person is unique and it is important to find a therapist who you feel good about working with. We can help with that. And we can make therapy affordable on your budget.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email
Shine a Light Counseling Center
now - (831) 350-6795
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $85
- Couple Sessions $95
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa
Insurance
- Beacon Health Options | Carelon
- California Victim Compensation Program
- CHIPA | College Health IPA
If you see your insurance listed, please ask me to verify coverage when you arrange your first visit.
Shine a Light Counseling Center
Marriage & Family Therapist,
LMFT
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / LMFT27228
- In Practice for 33 Years
- Certificate from Santa Cruz CAMFT 1990
- Certificate from CAMFT 1990
- Attended Antioch University, Graduated 1986
Email us or call with questions - (831) 350-6795
Shine a Light Counseling Center
Marriage & Family Therapist,
LMFT
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Family Conflict
- Mood Disorders
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bisexual
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Racial Identity
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Email us or call with questions - (831) 350-6795
Shine a Light Counseling Center
Marriage & Family Therapist,
LMFT
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10)
,
Preteen
,
Teen
,
Adults
,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals
,
Couples
,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied
,
Gay Allied
,
HIV / AIDS Allied
,
Lesbian Allied
,
Transgender Allied
,
Veterans
Ethnicity
Hispanic and Latino
,
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
I also speak
Arabic
,
Japanese
,
Spanish
Age
Children (6 to 10)
,
Preteen
,
Teen
,
Adults
,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals
,
Couples
,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied
,
Gay Allied
,
HIV / AIDS Allied
,
Lesbian Allied
,
Transgender Allied
,
Veterans
Ethnicity
Hispanic and Latino
,
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
I also speak
Arabic
,
Japanese
,
Spanish
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Art Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Experiential Therapy
- Expressive Arts
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Forensic Psychology
- Gestalt
- Gottman Method
- Humanistic
- Imago
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal
- Jungian
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Sandplay
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Transpersonal
- Trauma Focused
Email us or call with questions - (831) 350-6795
Shine a Light Counseling Center
Marriage & Family Therapist,
LMFT
Groups
DBT Skills Group for Female-Identified Teens
Topics include: Core Mindfulness Skills Distress Tolerance Skills Emotion Regulation Skills Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills Middle Path Skills DBT is an evidence-based multifaceted treatment approach that includes cognitive behavior skills training, mindfulness meditation, behaviorism and dialectics.
Expertise
Anxiety
Self Esteem
Women's Issues
Types of Therapy
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Age
Adults
Group Meets
Every Tue, Thu 7 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.
Location
Shine a Light Counseling Center
700 Frederick St
Suite 103
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Email Tim Hartnett about this group or call - (831) 350-6795
Location
Primary Location
Email us
Additional Location
Nearby Areas
Counties
Take the first step to help. Call now - (831) 350-6795
Shine a Light Counseling Center
Marriage & Family Therapist,
LMFT
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023