About Juanita

Juanita Johnson, M.A., C.T. is is the author of the acclaimed book Love in the Time of Forgetting: A Memoir of Love and Life After Loss with Lewy Body Dementia (Resource Publications, 2026).

A retired mental-health counselor, grief therapist, and school-crisis educator, Juanita has been facilitating small groups for over forty years.

Juanita holds a Bachelor of Arts from Empire State College. She earned a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from Norwich University at Vermont College, where she specialized in Life Transitions and Rituals.

Juanita is a grief counselor and death educator, certified by the Association of Death Education and Counselors. She has been the featured speaker for numerous keynotes and conferences, and was honored with a Silver Apple Award for her highly acclaimed video, Inner Views of Grief. She also served as a national Trainer-of-Trainers for Active Parenting.

Juanita was a highly requested instructor at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Duke University, where she was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation and Achievement for teaching twenty-five courses. 

Juanita is an avid gardener, reader, and lifelong learner. 

She lives in beautiful Durham, North Carolina.

Read a profile of Juanita from OLLI.