Erin Berk, LPC, ATR

Erin Berk, LPC, ATR I am an licensed counselor located in Portland, OR . I specialize working with adults. I have 21 years of experienced working with children, teens and families.

My name is Erin Berk and I have worked in Portland, Oregon since 2001 as a child and family art therapist. I am a Registered Art therapist and a Licensed professional counselor. I thoroughly enjoy working with youth and adults— I feel honored to be a part of you or your teen's journeys of self discovery and a return to balance. I enjoy working with clients who are motivated, open to growing and willing to explore their minds, hearts, feelings, and thoughts in collaborative approach. In this collaboration we work to resolve the conflict, habit patterns, emotional blockages and other painful situations that the client brings to treatment. I enjoy working with youth ages 8 year old and up and their families, as well as adults. How I can help
Blending conventional Talk therapy and alternative, creative art therapy approaches, I draw on a variety of styles and techniques to incorporate what will be most helpful for each client. I bring humor, warmth and deep listening and creativity to my work. Everyone is unique, therefore therapy is designed to fit –your needs–Please call me for a free 20 minutes phone consultation to see if we would work well together! I know that it takes courage to seek help and support, just know that by reaching out–you are one step closer to feeling better–and that Is my goal for you——Life can be hard sometimes, we all struggle, there are times when we feel better and times when life is harder– and therapy can be essential to wellness—it is a investment in yourself or your child! My approach focuses on each person’s strengths and I work with each client to help them build on the places need attention and clarity so you are better able to identify and achieve life goals for greater self actualization and clarity. Children, teens, adults all struggle from time to time and therapy can be short or long term depending on each persons needs and goals. I offer a safe and nurturing space that holds your life’s concerns in a warm and compassionate way. My areas of specialization for adults include:

Anxiety
Depression
Body image issues
Parenting
Spirituality
Life transitions
Grief and loss
Relationship issues
Some of the benefits available from therapy include:

Attaining a better understanding of yourself and your personal goals and values
Developing skills for improving your relationships
Finding resolution to the issues or concerns that led you to seek therapy
Find new ways to cope with stress and anxiety
Managing anger, depression, and other emotional pressures
Improving communications skills – learn how to listen to others, and have others listen to you
Getting “unstuck” from unhealthy patterns – breaking old behaviors and develop new ones
Discovering new ways to solve problems
Improving your self-esteem and boosting self-confidence
With children and teens, I’m able to assist with:

Childhood transitions and trauma
Attachment issues
Behavior and school problems
Depression
Anxiety
Anger management
Body image
Sexual abuse
Coping with divorce
Complications of blended families
Grief and loss

If you're struggling with suicidal thoughts please call the su***de prevention lifeline available 24 hours a day, every day at 1-800-273-8255 or visit https://su***depreventionlifeline.org/

03/17/2026
You are not small. You are not unworthy. You are not insignificant.The universe wove you from a constellation, just so a...
03/17/2026

You are not small.

You are not unworthy.

You are not insignificant.

The universe wove you from a constellation,

just so atom, every fibre in you comes from

a different star.

Together, you are bound by stardust , altogether

spectacularly created by the energy of the

universe itself.

And that, my darling,

is the poetry of physics,

the poetry of you.



—Nikita Gill

03/17/2026

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The Guest House by Rumi“In your darkest moments, when your heart feels tender and broken wide open, a good poem can act ...
03/16/2026

The Guest House by Rumi

“In your darkest moments, when your heart feels tender and broken wide open, a good poem can act as a balm for your soul.

Such is the popular poem ‘The Guest House’ by 13th century Persian poet Rumi.

Frequently recited in mindfulness circles, this poem is a reminder not to resist the thoughts and emotions passing through you but to meet them with courage, warmth, and respect.
Can you see them as clouds in the sky perhaps, and observe them without recoiling from them, drowning in them, or intellectualizing them away?

These seemingly unwelcome guests in the guesthouse of your mind will scrub away at everything that is untrue or unhelpful, if you let them. And not to worry, being guests, they’ll eventually depart as well.”

Here’s the poem.

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.

Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,

some momentary awareness comes

As an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,

who violently sweep your house

empty of its furniture,

still treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out

for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,

because each has been sent

as a guide from beyond.

— Jalaluddin Rumi, translation by Coleman Barks (The Essential Rumi)

Photo credit: Erin Berk Photography

03/13/2026

Is it right to be happy in a world that’s broken?

Simone de Beauvoir went to Albert Camus worried that being focussed on one’s own happiness meant one had to detach themselves from the political reality around them.

But Skye Cleary argues that as long as our happiness is authentic, and not born out of ignorance or apathy, even existentialists are allowed to be happy. In fact, they should be.

"Authentic happiness can be a source of strength when we acknowledge our privilege, remain lucid about our situations, and continue to fight against injustices. Happiness conceived in this existential way doesn’t mean quietism or passivity," Cleary argues.

Tap the link to read the full article: https://iai.tv/articles/happiness-as-an-act-of-resistance-auid-2190

03/13/2026
Beautiful!
03/11/2026

Beautiful!

03/09/2026
We are all on a journey. Life itself is a journey. Nothing issettled here; we areall passing outward, and therefore it i...
03/07/2026

We are all on a journey. Life itself is a journey. Nothing is
settled here; we are
all passing outward, and therefore it is not true to say that
if we are taking a
spiritual journey we have to break our settled life. No one
lives a settled life
here, whether we stay put or we venture far; all are
unsettled, all are on their
way.
—Hazrat Inayat Khan

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