Welcome to my website.  I am a psychiatrist and poet, and have practiced in the Berkshires since 1983 when I moved here with my family.  Please explore my website to learn more about my psychiatric practice and poetry.

Psychiatry in the Berkshires

If you looking for a psychiatrist and would like to know more about my practice, please click here.

Secret Wounds, by Richard M. Berlin

Poetry and Medicine

If you would like to know more about my poetry, and my work to bring doctors closer to patients through creative writing, please click here.

My latest book, Secret Wounds, won the 2010 John Ciardi Poetry Prize from BkMk Press and was published in October, 2011.   And in November, the USA Book News  2011 Awards chose Secret Wounds as the best poetry book of the year!

Many thanks to all my friends, family and  colleagues who celebrated “Secret Wounds” with me on Friday, December 16 at The Bookstore in Lenox.  Special thanks to Matt Tannenbaum for hosting, and to my 10th grade English teacher, “Miss Athey” for her surprise visit!