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Shine a Light Counseling Center - Santa Cruz
Shine a Light Counseling Center - Santa Cruz
About Shine a Light Counseling Center - Santa Cruz
Better care begins with therapists who continue learning from one another, a philosophy that shapes Shine a Light Counseling Center's collaborative professional community. Their therapists draw from 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 Counseling Center 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
