Socrates

Mitsos

Our work together is a unique opportunity, to be present, to contemplate, to confront, and to find solutions to everyday personal challenges and the deeper ones underlying them. It is a space of presence and participation, where together we call forth known and invisible resources to cultivate meaningful ways of engaging with professional and personal challenges toward fulfillment.

I employ an empirically based therapeutic approach grounded in a cognitive-behavioral framework (REBT, CBT, and ACT). My approach draws from cognitive neuroscience, mindfulness, and compassion, and is trauma-informed. I aim to bring clarity to whatever you are facing. I work with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, medical adversity, major life transitions, questions of identity, and deep existential concerns. Together, we will cultivate evidence-informed skills and practices that you will carry with you as the foundation for continued flourishing.

I hold an MDiv from Harvard University, where I spent three years studying spiritual care counseling and philosophy of religion. My thesis and fieldwork focused on the medical humanities of healing, where history, science, and human experience meet. I am currently developing my scholarship into a book. I worked at Harvard’s oncology research hospital, where, in a counseling capacity, I sat with remarkable individuals who were confronted with serious medical issues, psychological distress, and profound ultimate concerns. My encounters there were among the most humbling and inspiring, and deepened my capacity to remain open and receptive to the full human experience.

Prior to Harvard, I received my MA in Mental Health Counseling and Wellness and a BA in Psychology (Honors) from New York University. Originally from New York, I grew up in an immigrant household, living with multiple cultural identities. I have lived in London, Greece, and spent considerable time in India, where I studied mindfulness extensively.

I have enjoyed long hiking journeys, including the Camino de Santiago, the E4 path from Northern Greece to its Southern tip, and the Himalayan foothills of Northern India. I look forward to the next one! I love art and since my youth have been an avid visitor and dreamer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Reading has been my friend, and the ideas and journeys books have transmitted have been my allies throughout my life. And being Greek, I also love the beach!