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About Mandy Rice
Mandy Rice is a licensed master social worker at Mind Body Seven who provides individual psychotherapy to adolescents and adults. She specializes in working with teens and adults navigating academic stress, ADHD, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, and relationship challenges. Mandy brings warmth, empathy, humor, and curiosity into her work, creating a therapeutic space that feels supportive, collaborative, and growth-oriented.
Before becoming a therapist, Mandy spent many years working as a teacher, tutor, and executive function coach for middle school, high school, and college students. This background deeply informs her clinical work, particularly with clients experiencing learning differences, executive functioning challenges, and school-related stress.
Conditions Treated
Mandy works with individuals navigating:
- Anxiety and stress
- ADHD and executive function challenges
- Trauma and trauma-related symptoms
- Academic difficulties and school burnout
- Life transitions
- Relationship challenges
- Identity development and self-esteem concerns
She is especially attuned to the pressures adolescents and young adults face as they navigate school, relationships, vocation, and emerging independence.
Therapy Approaches & Modalities
Mandy uses an integrative, trauma-informed approach that centers strengths, connection, and self-understanding. Her clinical work draws from:
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Strengths-based and relational therapy
- Trauma-informed care
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- IFS-informed approach
- Narrative therapy
- Mindfulness-based practices
She often incorporates nature, narrative, and reflective practices into therapy, viewing natural rhythms and cycles as meaningful frameworks for healing and growth.
Clinical Background & Experience
Mandy has been practicing psychotherapy for three years and joined Mind Body Seven after a long career in education and academic coaching. She has extensive experience supporting students with ADHD, executive functioning challenges, and academic stress, as well as working with youth who have experienced trauma or were at risk of disengaging from school.
Her professional background allows her to bridge emotional, academic, and relational concerns in a developmentally informed and practical way.
Education & Training
MSW
New York University (Youth and Families focus)
MFA, Nonfiction Writing
Columbia University
BA, Literature
Yale University
Certificate in Horticulture
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Therapeutic Style & Philosophy
Clients and colleagues describe Mandy as warm, empathetic, optimistic, and deeply relational. She is strengths-based and collaborative, helping clients identify their values, build self-compassion, and clarify goals related to purpose, vocation, and well-being.
Mandy approaches therapy through a social justice–informed and anti-oppressive lens and believes healing is supported through connection—to self, body, community, and the natural world.
Outside the Therapy Room
Outside of clinical work, Mandy enjoys spending time in nature, moving her body daily, and staying connected to sustainability and horticulture. She has a strong interest in natural cycles as models for balance, healing, and growth.
Next Steps
If you’re interested in working with Mandy, you can request an appointment through our calendar below. Our team will help determine whether this is the right fit for your needs.