To Begin Therapy:
Please fill out the form on the right.
You will be contacted by us ASAP to discuss your needs and availability, so we can match you with the best available counselor.
Note: NPCC is not a crisis center. If you or someone you know is experiencing a psychiatric emergency, call the San Francisco 24 hour Crisis Hotline at 415.781.0500, or call 911, or go to your nearest emergency room.
To call in a request for an appointment, call 831-996-1222. In your voicemail, please include all the information you can from the form at the right.
If you have Medi-Cal, Medicare or Private Insurance, please include your subscriber number on the form. For more information on using your insurance, go here.
If you have questions about our Training Program, please click on the “Training Program” tab and feel free to email any questions to: internship@sfnewperspectives.org
We’re located at:
862 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Note: Our office at this address is upstairs and is not wheelchair accessible. However we do have an electric lift for the stairway For accessible appointments, please consider telehealth or our ADA compliant Santa Cruz office location.
For administrative assistance call 415-752-5276.

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 an eligible medi-cal plan, there is no co-payment.
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 NPCC 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 (some of our staff). Please choose an Associate-level therapist. Even so, NPCC does not guarantee reimbursement for out-of network services, as your eligibility depends upon your specific insurance plan.
New Perspectives Center for Counseling
To Request an Appointment at New Perspectives or Shine a Light , 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.