A woman with long, dark locs and hoop earrings, wearing a dark velvet blazer and a black top, standing in front of a pink curtain, smiling at the camera.

Nakita Noël Mitchell

MSW, LCSW, OSW-C

Areas of Practice

About My Practice

I am an unapologetically Black, queer, woman therapist, and I practice from a decolonizing, trauma-informed framework.

I have dedicated my training and career to the psychotherapeutic support of individuals, couples/partners, and providers as they navigate the intersections between mental and emotional health, physical health, interpersonal conflict or dysfunction, parenting, burnout, and significant life transitions.

I have worked in a variety of settings: hospital-based palliative medicine, community-based hospice, outpatient mental health in primary medicine, as well as adult and pediatric outpatient oncology. I am board-certified in Oncology Social Work, and I have helped hundreds of patients and families navigate serious illness through the difficult (and often unjust) Medical Industrial Complex.

I am grateful to have the opportunity to work with clients who have had the lived experience of being “othered” in society— racial and ethnic minorities, queer and gender nonconforming folx, and disabled, neurodiverse and neuroexceptional individuals. Watching my clients become comfortable enough to unmask— to embrace the fullest, most authentic versions of themselves— and to realize their strengths and values even while facing turmoil, both affirms my work as a therapist and inspires me as a queer person of color.

  • Adjustment to Life Transitions

  • Caregiver Stress and Support

  • Coping with Cancer and Other Serious, Chronic, or Life-Limiting Illness

  • Family Conflict and Dysfunction

  • Grief, End-of-Life Issues, Bereavement

  • Health Anxiety and Medical Trauma

  • Living with Depression and Anxiety as Chronic Conditions

  • Medical and Mental Health Clinician Burnout and Vicarious Trauma (includes student professionals)

  • Decolonized Parenting

  • Relationship (Intimate Partners, Couples) Conflict and Concerns

  • Self-Esteem and Values Clarification

  • Stress and Anxiety Related to Societal Marginalization (ex: BIPOC, LGBTQIA+)


Education and Certification

North Carolina Clinical Social Work (LCSW) License #: C011197

Certified Oncology Social Worker (OSW-C) BOSWC#: 1700

Master of Social Work Degree: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013

Bachelor of Arts Degree (Women’s and Gender Studies; Sociology): Vanderbilt University, 2010

  • “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

    Maya Angelou

  • “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

    Audre Lorde

  • “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”

    Angela Davis

  • “There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to see it. There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to be it.”

    Amanda Gorman