About Sherry Jones
Hello, I’m Sherry Jones, LCSW—I’m glad you’re here.
I’m the founder of Root + Rise Coaching & Therapy and the creator of The Integrated Woman podcast. I support adults, couples, and groups through therapy and coaching that help you move from survival-based patterns into greater clarity, emotional steadiness, and aligned growth.
My work is grounded in two core strengths: a trauma-focused clinical background and a deep business leadership background. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master’s Degree in Social Work focused on mental health, I bring extensive experience supporting clients through trauma-related symptoms, anxiety, mood concerns, dissociation, relationship distress, and long-standing patterns shaped by early adversity. My approach is trauma-informed and integrative, shaped by Schema Therapy, attachment-based work, Brainspotting-informed interventions, Psychosynthesis, and evidence-based strategies like CBT and DBT. I also integrate nervous system and whole-brain psychoeducation so you can understand your responses with compassion and create change you can sustain.
Alongside my clinical work, I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and bring decades of leadership experience from startup and growth-focused environments. That blend allows me to support clients not only in healing and self-leadership, but also in navigating real-world pressures—workplace stress, burnout, boundaries, performance demands, leadership roles, and the emotional weight of responsibility.
At the core of my work is a guiding belief: many mental health symptoms and coping strategies are adaptations to past experiences, not your identity. We honor what these patterns once protected, while strengthening emotional regulation, self-trust, and healthier ways of relating—so you can build steadier relationships, clearer boundaries, and a life that feels more aligned.
I also have a deep passion for group work. Whether alongside individual therapy or as a stand-alone growth experience, groups offer something uniquely powerful: shared language, real-time practice, accountability, and the reminder that you’re not alone—often reducing shame and accelerating change through connection.
If you’re ready to feel more grounded, connected, and clear about who you are and where you’re going, I’d be honored to support you.r relationships, career, and everyday life.
My psychotherapy Approach
My therapy approach is trauma-informed, integrative, collaborative, and deeply relational—rooted in the belief that healing happens through safe, meaningful connection. I create a supportive space for you to explore your story, gain clarity, and feel empowered to make lasting changes in your life and relationships.
I draw from Schema Therapy, attachment-based work, Brainspotting-informed interventions, Psychosynthesis, and evidence-based tools like CBT and DBT. I also integrate cognitive and psychodynamic insight to help uncover the patterns underneath symptoms, and I provide nervous-system and whole-brain psychoeducation so you can understand your reactions with clarity instead of shame.
In therapy, we build stabilization and emotional regulation first, then work deeper—untangling stuck patterns, healing what needs to be processed, and strengthening healthier ways of relating to yourself and others.
Individual Coaching Approach
Coaching is designed to translate insight into action and sustained change. Using an integrative, trauma-informed lens, we identify what’s blocking progress, clarify your values and goals, and create an aligned plan for your relationships, work, and daily life.
What makes my coaching unique is the blend of clinical depth and real-world business leadership experience. Before becoming a therapist, I spent years in leadership and operations roles in startup and growth-focused environments—supporting teams, building systems, managing performance, navigating change, and helping organizations scale. That background gives me a practical understanding of people and culture, leadership dynamics, productivity pressures, and the emotional realities behind high performance.
This means our work can include both the internal and external pieces—your nervous system and self-trust and how you lead, communicate, set boundaries, manage conflict, and sustain productivity without burnout. Whether you’re an individual contributor, business owner, or manager, we focus on helping you show up with more clarity, emotional regulation, and grounded leadership.
Leadership coaching
Leadership Coaching supports professionals, managers, and business owners who want to lead with clarity, emotional intelligence, and sustainable performance—without burning out. My approach is distinct because it blends clinical depth with real-world business leadership experience. Before becoming a therapist, I worked in leadership and operations roles within startup and high-growth environments, where I built systems, supported teams, managed performance, and navigated constant change.
In our work together, we focus on the intersection of people and culture and personal leadership—how stress, perfectionism, conflict patterns, and nervous system reactivity shape communication, decision-making, productivity, and team dynamics. You’ll build the capacity to regulate under pressure, lead difficult conversations with confidence, set healthier boundaries, and develop a leadership presence that is both accountable and grounded.
This is for leaders who want both results and resilience—because sustainable productivity starts with how you lead yourself.
My Specialties
I specialize in working with adults who have experienced significant trauma and now struggle with intense emotional dysregulation, identity disturbance, and relational instability. In more traditional settings, these patterns are often labeled as Borderline Personality Disorder. In my clinical experience, they are often better understood as trauma adaptations—ways the nervous system learned to survive. Our work starts with stabilization and emotional regulation, then moves into strengthening identity, increasing self-trust, and building safer, healthier ways of relating.
I also support adults navigating anxiety, depression, PTSD/complex trauma, adjustment-related stress, and attachment wounds, along with relationship challenges at home and in the workplace. Some concerns are situational and can shift relatively quickly when someone is ready to engage the work. When patterns feel persistent or repetitive, we explore deeper roots connected to early experiences, unmet needs, and relational injuries.
Because my background bridges clinical trauma work and business leadership, I’m also well-suited for clients managing high-functioning stress—such as burnout, perfectionism, people-pleasing, leadership pressure, workplace conflict, boundary challenges, and role overload. Many of my clients are capable on the outside but internally exhausted or disconnected. We focus on building regulation, clarity, and grounded self-leadership so success doesn’t come at the cost of your wellbeing.
This reflects the heart of The Integrated Woman: symptoms are often adaptations—not identity. Together, we move from survival-based patterns toward integration, grounded self-trust, and sustainable change.
Therapy vs. Coaching
Therapy supports healing and recovery by addressing how past experiences shaped present emotions, behaviors, and relationship patterns. It includes stabilization, deeper processing when appropriate, and evidence-based treatment for mental health concerns.
Coaching is present-and-forward focused. We may reference the past for insight, but the primary focus is transformational progress—clarifying goals, removing internal blocks, strengthening accountability, and creating aligned action in your relationships, work, and daily life.
MY PERSONAL JOURNEY TO THE PRESENT
My journey has been shaped by early adversity, deep personal growth, and a commitment to helping others create meaningful change. I was born and raised in Orange County, California, and grew up learning firsthand what instability can do to a family—and what resilience requires. Early experiences of loss, responsibility, and uncertainty became part of what shaped my understanding of emotional survival and the ways people adapt when life feels unsafe.
That understanding is woven into the heart of my work today. I began my own personal growth journey in my early adulthood, and it became a lifelong commitment—one that continues to inform the way I show up with clients: with empathy, honesty, and a steady belief in their capacity to heal and grow.
I also understand the unique stressors military families face. As a former military spouse, I experienced the emotional toll of deployments and the pressure of carrying family responsibilities while navigating unpredictability and chronic stress. Those years deepened my compassion for individuals and couples who are trying to stay connected while life asks more than feels sustainable.
Professionally, my path includes both business leadership and clinical work. I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and later completed my Master’s Degree in Social Work, becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). That combination allows me to support clients not only in healing and emotional change, but also in the practical realities of work, leadership, boundaries, identity, and life transitions.
Root + Rise is built on what I believe most deeply: that many symptoms are adaptations—not identity—and that integration is possible. My goal is to help clients move from survival patterns into clarity, connection, and aligned living, so they can build lives and relationships that feel steady, authentic, and whole.