Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW, is the CEO and Clinical Director of Central Counseling Services in Riverside. She is a certified Grief Recovery Facilitator, and specializes her private practice work in grief and loss, dementia, trauma, and adoption issues. She has more than a decade of experience with hospice and trains therapists and social workers in areas that include correctly treating childhood trauma, grief and loss, and dementia care. She holds a BA from UC Riverside, and her MSW from the University of South Florida.

Jill is the creator of Your Path Through Grief, which is a year-long, comprehensive grief support program which has a free therapist page. She is also the author of Your Own Path Through Grief a workbook for those in the grief process to work toward recovery, which can be used individually, in a group, or with a therapist. It is available on Amazon. She’s also the author of the children’s books Someone is sick- how do I say goodbye? and Someone I love Just Died: What happens now?

She is a member of the Purple Cities coalition in Riverside and facilitates a dementia support group monthly.

Sheralyn (Sherry) Shockey-Pope, LMFT is the Chief Operation Officer and Co-Owner of Central Counseling Services, a successful and vibrant group practice in Riverside, CA. She has been licensed since 2000. Her group practice serves about 625 clients which translates into over 1250 client sessions monthly. Sherry oversees the day to day operation of the practice in two locations and she directly supervises associates, licensed therapists and the support staff. Her practice consists of 23 clinicians and 3 support staff.

She created Therapist Practice in A Box (Therapistbox.com) because she wanted to fill a need in helping graduate students and newly licensed clinicians build their foundation in business. Sherry breaks down the clutter into doable actionable steps. She also coaches therapists in create successful, profitable and flourishing practices. Therapist Practice in a Box, the Book she authored is a step by step guide to build a private practice. This book will save therapists a great deal of time, frustration and money. Sherry totally believes in reaching out and joining with other therapists to create thriving healing communities.

Sherry has presented at various conferences, for professional organizations such as CAMFT, AAMFT, NASW and CAPLCC and the Public Child Welfare Training Academy for Professional Excellence (California State University San Diego Foundation) She is comfortable with both professional and community groups. Sherry see the big picture and breaks down complex and confusing subjects into smaller digestible pieces. She often includes audience participation to demonstrate a particular point and reinforce learning.

A support group for family and friends coping with dementia, each third Saturday of the month