“Therapy works best when it meets the full complexity of who you are: combining scientific rigor with genuine relational depth.”
At MindWell Psychology, we believe meaningful psychological change requires more than talk. It requires understanding how your brain, nervous system, relationships, and lived experience interact, and building a treatment approach that honors all of it.
Three Pillars of
Exceptional Care
MindWell Psychology integrates three foundational principles that distinguish our approach from conventional therapy, producing more durable and meaningful results.
personalized treatment Planning
Your therapy begins with a rigorous assessment of your emotional regulation systems, attention patterns, stress physiology, and relational history. No two treatment plans are the same.
research-backed Methods
Drawing from current research on the brain’s emotional regulation systems, stress response pathways, and neuroplasticity, we integrate what science actually shows works, not convention.
Structured for Lasting Impact
Insight is not enough. MindWell Psychology therapy is structured to translate psychological understanding into concrete skills, behavioral change, and sustained growth in your daily life and relationships.
Areas of Deep
Clinical Expertise
MindWell Psychology works with adults navigating complex psychological, relational, and performance challenges. Our specializations reflect where science, clinical skill, and genuine care intersect.
personalized treatment for chronic worry, high-functioning anxiety, panic, perfectionism, and professional burnout, using strategies grounded in nervous system regulation.
Cognitive and behavioral strategies for adults with ADHD, attention dysregulation, procrastination, and executive functioning challenges, with a research-backed lens.
Attachment-based and emotion-focused approaches for couples and individuals working through communication difficulties, relational patterns, and intimacy challenges.
For adults navigating major life changes, career shifts, relationship transitions, or questions of identity, purpose, and self-esteem that therapy can help clarify and move through.
Sensitive, evidence-informed treatment for trauma, adverse relational experiences, and long-standing emotional or behavioral patterns rooted in early history.
Specialized support for professionals, academics, and high-achievers who feel stuck despite success, integrating psychological insight with performance and wellbeing science.
Dr. Livia Freier,
PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist & Neuroscientist
Former Research Affiliate, Brown University
Doctoral Training in Psychology & Neuroscience
Specialization in Emotional Regulation, Attention Systems & Relational Therapy
Dr. Freier founded MindWell Psychology with a singular vision: to create a private practice where the precision of science and the intimacy of the therapeutic relationship are never in conflict, but always in service of each other.
Her clinical work draws on cognitive-behavioral therapy, attachment-based approaches, emotion-focused therapy, and relational psychodynamic modalities, always selected and adapted to each individual client’s psychological profile, goals, and readiness for change.
With a research background in neuroscience, emotional regulation, and attention systems, she brings a rare integration of laboratory science and clinical experience to every therapeutic relationship.
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treatment plans
areas of practice
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A research-backed
Approach to Therapy
Neuroscience research demonstrates that emotional regulation, stress response, attention, and interpersonal functioning are deeply interconnected systems in the brain and body. When these systems are overwhelmed, people experience anxiety, reactivity, avoidance, or difficulty sustaining change, despite insight and effort.
At MindWell Psychology, therapy is informed by a working understanding of these systems. We integrate research-backed principles into psychotherapy to help clients build regulation skills, increase emotional clarity, and develop more intentional responses in their daily lives and relationships.
What to Expect
When You Begin
Beginning therapy is a significant step. At MindWell Psychology, we’ve designed the process to be clear, thoughtful, and grounded in your specific goals from the very first conversation.
Reach Out & Connect
Inquiries are responded to personally and promptly. We’ll briefly discuss your goals, any questions you have about the practice, and whether MindWell Psychology feels like a good fit for your needs.
The Initial Consultation
A thorough initial session where we explore the concerns bringing you to therapy, your history, goals, and the relational and emotional patterns you’d like to change or understand more deeply.
Your Individualized Plan
A personalized treatment plan tailored specifically to your psychological patterns, goals, and strengths, with a clear roadmap for the therapeutic work ahead, and a schedule that suits your life.
Structured, Weekly Sessions
Therapy at MindWell Psychology is intentional and structured. Each session builds on the last, with between-session strategies designed to translate insight into real-world change that compounds over time.
Expert Care, Designed
For Individuals and Couples
We ensure that your treatment remains fully confidential, flexible, and driven entirely by your clinical needs, not insurance requirements or diagnostic limitations.
Ready for Meaningful
Change?
We respond personally to every inquiry. Whether you have questions about fit, approach, or simply want to take the first step, we’re here.