Open Enrollment 2025

As you review your health plan options for 2025, please note that Psychiatric Alternatives & Wellness Center (PAWC) will be out-of-network with Aetna effective December 1, 2025.

PAWC will continue to participate with the following plans in 2025/ 2026:

  • Alameda Alliance
  • Anthem Blue Cross (CA)
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Carelon Behavioral Health
  • Compsych
  • Cigna (Evernorth)
  • Health Net
  • Health Plan San Mateo
  • Kaiser
  • San Francisco Health Plan
  • Sharp
  • Triwest
  • UnitedHealthcare / Optum
  • VHP
  • Wellfleet

For questions about your coverage or continuity of care options, please contact our Billing Team at billing@psychiatricalternatives.com.

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Shabnam Cherry, MFT

Shabnam Cherry, MFT Adolescents, Adults, Children, Family

Professional Statement

Shabnam Cherry has over twenty years of experience supporting children, teenagers, adults, and families across diverse settings. She has a deep commitment to helping individuals and families heal and grow. She has worked in private practice, non-profit agencies, group homes, and as a professional foster parent. Shabnam believes in each person’s capacity for resilience and positive change. Whether working with a child overcoming fears, a teenager managing stress, a young adult navigating a new relationship, or a family rebuilding connections, she provides guidance and encouragement along the way. Through cognitive behavioral therapy, she helps reframe negative thought patterns and build coping skills for everyday life. With children and teenagers, she often utilizes role-play and storytelling to make sessions engaging and age appropriate. Her goal is to ensure that every client feels safe, understood, and empowered throughout the therapeutic process.

Education

School: Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Degree: Masters of Arts (MA)

Insurances Accepted

Aetna
Alameda Alliance
Anthem
Carelon Behavioral Health Strategies
Carelon Behavioral Health, Inc
CCA
Cigna
ComPsych
HEALTH NET
KAISER
Magellan
Provider Network of America
United Behavioral Health

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