About Catherine Clark

Catherine Clark | BA

GRADUATE STUDENT COUNSELOR

Counseling for Adults (18+)

Catherine believes that every person has the capacity for transformation, especially when met with safety, compassion, and connection. She strives to create a warm and empathetic space where clients can explore their emotions with support and care.

As a queer, fat counselor, Catherine especially enjoys working with people in larger bodies, the LGBTQIA+ community, and those navigating challenges related to body image, shame, or disordered eating. Catherine understands how systemic oppression and cultural messaging can shape one’s relationship with their body and sense of self.

Catherine invites curiosity and care into the process of unlearning internalized stigma and reconnecting with the body as a source of wisdom, joy, and resistance.  

Catherine is somatically oriented and her approach is influenced by Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) and Compassion-Focused Therapy. Through this work, she gently helps clients connect with their emotions and tune into their body’s present-moment experience of those feelings. She is passionate about helping individuals make contact with their bodies in nurturing and collaborative ways using a trauma-informed lens.

Catherine’s practice is firmly rooted in Health At Every Size, fat liberation, and intersectional feminist and social justice frameworks. She is committed to providing affirming care for individuals of all body sizes and marginalized identities, offering a space where clients can show up authentically and be met with respect and affirmation.

Catherine is originally from North Carolina and moved to Portland by way of Washington, D.C. She enjoys long strolls with her partner and their two dogs, reading in the sunshine, and crafting while sipping on a heartwarming cup of tea.  

Education:
● Earning Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Lewis & Clark College
● Bachelor’s Degree in English and Communication Studies from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Areas of Interest:

• Body Image
• Trauma
  ●Depression
  ●Anxiety
  ● LGBTQIA+ Affirming Care