Dr. John Souza, Jr. is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Dr. John specializes in working with young adults and their families.

Born on O’ahu and raised on the Mainland, John completed his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a minor in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, MN. He went on to earn a Master of Arts and Doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy from the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology/Argosy University, Twin Cities, with a concentration in Addictions and Psychopharmacology (from one year at the University of Minnesota).

When not working Dr. John lives and plays in Hilo on the Big Island of Hawai’i.

“To understand people, you must see them both as individuals AND as parts of a whole
We work with families because people simply make more sense when you see them in relationships.”

– Dr. John