Jennifer Dirga, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department
Jennifer Dirga, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department
Medical Services
Undergraduate School
Graduate School
Jennifer Dirga, MSW, LICSW is a licensed independent clinical social worker with more than 30 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and families. She earned her Master of Social Work from Simmons College and a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Wheelock College/ BU, and also holds a Wellness Counseling Certificate from Cornell University. Jennifer is licensed in Massachusetts as both a clinical social worker and an adjustment counselor/school social worker, and she is a trained SPACE clinician through the Yale Child Study Center.
Jennifer’s work has focused primarily on supporting children in school and community settings across the Greater Boston area. She has extensive experience providing counseling, crisis intervention, social-emotional learning support, and consultation for children and their families. Her professional background includes roles as a school counselor, school social worker, social-emotional learning coach, and therapist in private practice, with a strong focus on childhood anxiety, social-emotional growth and development, and family-centered support. In addition to her clinical work, Jennifer provides training and professional development for educators across Massachusetts, helping schools create safe, welcoming, and emotionally supportive environments for all children.