Mental Health Counselor

Hi! I’m Sophia Xu, an LMHC-track mental health counselor based at our Harvard Square clinic in Cambridge, MA. In my first career, I earned a PhD in biology, which exposed me to intelligent people facing mental health challenges and to the ways that their mental health affected other aspects of their life. My goal in making this career change is to help you and other adults with your mental health challenges, in the hopes that other dimensions of your life will feel more approachable and manageable.

I practice from a person-centered, multicultural counseling approach. This means that I believe that the solutions to your challenges already exist inside of you and that my job is to hold up a mirror and point them out to you in an emotionally validating and culturally humble way.

I commend you for taking the hard first step of reaching out for help! I look forward to our work together, where I will aim to center your expertise in your own life. I hope that our time together can be a safe space for you to find your genuine self!