CCS Staff Writer 3/22/17 CCS Staff Writer 3/22/17

The Real March Madness

As we all may know, March is known for St. Patrick’s Day, wearing green, the coming of Spring, and college basketball otherwise known as March Madness.

Although filling out your impeccable bracket is madness enough, there is even more madness that arises after March.

April is Alcohol awareness month

but what else does it lead to?

CCS Staff Writer 2/15/17 CCS Staff Writer 2/15/17

There is LOVE in the air.

Love is in the Air, but sadness can still be in our hearts. One advantage to living in Southern California is the perfect weather.

CCS Staff Writer 12/15/16 CCS Staff Writer 12/15/16

Celebrating Your Holidays Away From Home

Choosing to move to Southern California 15 years ago still, stirs up a variety of emotions during the Holidays for me. Even though it was very exciting to move from a cold, wet, dark country to sunny California, it was so strange and foreign (pun intended) to hear Christmas songs and seeing decorated trees in 80-degree weather. My first Christmas in Southern California was celebrated with friends at an outside barbecue gathering, which was total opposite from an inside dinner with close relatives around a fire in the fireplace.

Jill Johnson Young, LCSW 11/30/16 Jill Johnson Young, LCSW 11/30/16

It’s Been A Year Since the San Bernardino Regional Center Attack

And then. Shots fired. News channels exploded. Social media filled with scary images that seemed like they must be from some other place. Not from here. Not in San Bernardino. Not the Inland Regional Center, where kids with special needs go for services with their families.

Jill Johnson Young, LCSW 11/22/16 Jill Johnson Young, LCSW 11/22/16

Thanksgiving When You Don’t Feel Thankful

The holidays are a great way to reconnect with family, to have a Friendsgiving with those who aren’t family but probably should have been, to share old traditions, welcome new folks, watch a game (and argue about the game),

Jill Johnson Young, LCSW 10/18/16 Jill Johnson Young, LCSW 10/18/16

Grief Doesn’t Come in Stages

As a therapist, and especially a therapist who specializes in grief and loss, I find the concept of bereavement lasting more than eighteen months at the outside a bit hard to fathom.

Sherry Shockey-Pope 10/12/16 Sherry Shockey-Pope 10/12/16

Mindfulness For All

It is part of mindfulness practice to realize that suffering comes from believing that things should be other than they are in the given moment. If you are suffering in the present moment—oppression, discrimination, hunger, joblessness, etc— this may seem like a cruel statement, but it's actually not. It's solid advice, allowing you to take action and stay safe.