

Shine a Light Counseling Center - Monterey
Shine a Light Counseling Center - Monterey
Shine a Light Counseling Center - Monterey
About Shine a Light Counseling Center - Monterey
A culture of shared learning brings therapists together at Shine a Light Counseling Center, helping clients benefit from diverse clinical perspectives. They use diverse approaches, including psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), brainspotting, somatic approaches, mindfulness, Hakomi, narrative therapy, and accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP).
Navigate Life with Greater Confidence
Their services include individual, couples, child, adolescent, family, and group therapy for anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, grief, parenting, trauma, anger management, co-parenting, chronic illness, LGBTQ+ identities, and alternative relationships. Child services feature play therapy and art therapy, while family counseling builds communication and restores cooperation.
Grow Through Specialized Support
Shine a Light has focused services for Gen Z and Millennials, addressing stress and burnout, body image and self-esteem, and trauma. Their trauma-informed therapy incorporates eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), internal family systems, and polyvagal theory. Groups and workshops strengthen interpersonal skills and encourage learning within a community of peers.
Center Overview
