Sheralyn (Sherry) Shockey-Pope, LMFT #37209
is 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.
She has a strong passion for training and she provides training in:
- Private Practice building for therapists that want successful private practices, structure, fees, clients, networking, marketing, social media and videos.
- 11 Steps that graduate students can do today to lay the foundation of practice building.
- Ethics and Practice building
- Self-Care for Therapists and caregivers. How to define it, create it, and action steps to take it.
- Intimate Partner Violence, what is it, how is it so sneaky, is it dangerous?
- Mental Health concerns depression, anxiety, trauma, parenting.
Upcoming Speaking Events
August 21, 2020 Suicide Risk Assessment & Intervention 6CEUs for therapists Virtual training, Register Today!
Past Speaking Events
Group Practice Exchange Summit 2020: Pitfalls, Failures, and money, Oh My! -Virtual Summit
Full Couch Summit 2019 – Private Practice Visibility Transformation Good Therapy, HARO Training,
“Not The Typical Psychotherapist” 2019 Summit, Anaheim, CA
Family Engagement and Interviewing: County of San Bernardino, Public Child Welfare Training Academy
10 Building Blocks to Build The Private Practice of Your Dreams: Redwood Empire CAMFT-2018
Why is Private Practice so Hard and What Can You Do?: Desert CAMFT-2018
Child Abuse and The Brain: Riverside Area Rape Crisis Center- 2016-2018
10 Things, no 11 Things Even Graduate Students Can Do To Create a Private Practice: Argosy University & the University of Phoenix. 2016-2019 Comments from participants: “Wow, who knew, thank you,” “You have given me hope that I can make a living,” ” I got this now, I know where to start.”
Mental Health For CPS Social Workers: University of San Diego, Social Work Department; Regional Trainings. Since 2015
Comments from Participants: “Fantastic training, I which Sherry could train all of the core,” “Not boring at all, great speaker,” “Loved the training and all the cool stories,”
I Want to Start a Private Practice but….: IE CAMFT- 2017
Comments from Participants: “Private practice seems less daunting now,” “Sherry was great, engaging and I have so much to do now.” “Sherry is a wonderful speaker, we need more info from her, maybe a social media class?”
Child Abuse What You Need to Know? IE CAMFT – 2015, 2017
Comments from participants: “Addressed a difficult topic in a friendly manner without being depressing,” “Best presentation I’ve been to on child abuse,” liked the new information.”
Are We Getting it Right? Strategies for working with Adoptive Children and Their Families. IE CAMFT 2014
Comments from participants: “Loved the training, so helpful,” “Wish I had this before I adopted,” “excellent presenter loved the interaction and humor.
Here are some clips of my past speaking events
Not Your Typical Psychotherapist Summit
This is a clip of a larger presentation entitled Pitfalls, Failures, and Money Oh My.
In this clip, I explained the most common ethical violations in the United States for mental health professionals (based on state licensing boards disclosures).
10 Building Blocks to help you Crate an Ethical Private Practice of your Dream
This clip is part of a larger presentation of the 10 Building Blocks of Private Practice.