Description
Within a supportive and engaged environment, the group serves as a living laboratory where members can explore patterns, experiment with new ways of relating, and build confidence in real time. Participants are encouraged to notice and express feelings, reactions, and concerns that may have previously been held back.
Jennifer has over 15 years of experience facilitating interpersonal process groups and has been a Certified Group Psychotherapist since 2013. Her approach is integrative and trauma-informed, drawing from multiple theoretical perspectives to support safety, connection, and meaningful change.
Group Therapist
Jennifer DeSouza, LICSW is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist based in East Arlington, MA, offering in-person and virtual therapy for adults. With over 10 years of experience, she also leads in-person psychotherapy groups focused on relationships, communication, self-esteem, and emotional awareness.
Many of Jennifer’s clients are thoughtful, capable individuals who feel stuck—whether in patterns of anxiety, dissatisfaction, self-doubt, or relationships that aren’t working as they’d like. They’re often ready for deeper self-understanding and meaningful, lasting change, but aren’t sure how to get there.
Jennifer specializes in anxiety, dissatisfaction, and relationship concerns, helping clients better understand themselves and shift long-standing patterns that no longer serve them. Her relational, insight-oriented approach supports clients in developing clarity, confidence, and more fulfilling connections—with both themselves and others.
Her style is warm, collaborative, and in-depth. Jennifer tailors therapy to each person’s goals, integrating attachment-based and relational approaches with a mind–body perspective to support emotional balance and resilience.
She believes that therapy works best when it feels genuine, engaging, and grounded in a strong therapeutic relationship. Through this process, clients
build greater self-awareness, strengthen emotional insight, and learn to respond to themselves with more clarity and intention.
Jennifer is a Certified Group Psychotherapist and a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, with advanced training in attachment-based therapy and group psychotherapy. Her office in East Arlington is conveniently located and accessible by public transportation.
