Located on the Charles River in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Riverbend Group is a small team of mental health practitioners who take a holistic, client-centered approach to mental health.
We offer individual and family psychotherapy, group therapy, meditation instruction, and clinical supervision. Our approach to treatment is integrative, utilizing various evidenced-based practices such as relational and strengths-based psychotherapy, mindfulness and meditation, EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and more.
We strive to match you with a clinician that is well suited to your specific treatment needs.
We strive to match you with a clinician that is well suited to your specific treatment needs.
OUR SERVICES
Offering individual and group therapy in addition to training, supervision and meditation.
For more detail, please see our Services page.

Supervision, Meditation and Mindfulness
Jessica Ames is available for clinical supervision. In addition, she offers meditation instruction to individuals and groups, as well as meditation and mindfulness consultation to schools.
Our Team
Jessica Ames, LICSW
Jessica Ames received a Master’s Degree in clinical social work from Smith College in 2007. Before starting her individual private practice in 2015, she worked as a clinician for several well-known organizations in the Boston area, including Boston Children’s Hospital, the Manville School at Judge Baker Children’s Center, and South Shore Mental Health (now known as Aspire)...
Deborah McMakin, Ed.D., LICSW
Dr. Deborah McMakin has been a professor in the Psychology and Philosophy Department at Framingham State University (FSU) since 1998. She teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including the Psychology of Development, Abnormal Psychology and Group Dynamics. Deborah also coordinates the FSU Master of Art in Counseling Psychology program...