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About Me

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 an anti-oppressive, decolonizing framework. I enjoy having 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, 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 are the most rewarding parts of my work.

I have dedicated my training and career to the psychotherapeutic support of individuals, partners, and families as they navigate the complex intersections between mental/emotional health, physical health and serious illness, familial turmoil, 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 guided hundreds of patients and families through the complicated (and often unjust) system that is the Medical Industrial Complex.

  • Adjustment to Diagnosis of Cancer or Other Chronic, Life-Limiting Illness

  • Health Anxiety and Medical Trauma

  • Caregiver Stress and Support

  • Anticipatory Grief and End-of-Life Issues

  • Coping with Grief and Loss

  • Medical and Mental Health Clinician Burnout or Vicarious Trauma

  • Adjustment to Life Transitions

  • Stress and Anxiety

  • Relationship Issues, Separation/Divorce

  • Family Conflict

  • Stressors Related to Socially Marginalized Identity (e.g. BIPOC, LGBTQIA+)

  • Self-Esteem and Values Clarification


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