About us
Everyone could use some sunny sky in Portland now and again. We are Licensed Professional Counselors in the State of Oregon, who believe in the best in all of us and try to help you find that in yourself. Whether that means we are working with you as an individual, with your family, your children, or you and your partner as a couple, we are working to help you find the best possible outcomes.
OUR STORY
Sunny Sky Counseling was born out of a determination to better serve families, couples and individuals in the wider community. Bottom line, I really just wanted to open my own counseling business to help people. In my experience I have found that many community agencies seem to lack a healthy environment for counseling. I believe in helping people create a healthier environment for themselves, their children and each other. Communities thrive when people in them are well balanced and supportive of one another. I believe in helping to foster positive ways and healthy habits in others in order to better cope with the stressors in their lives, thus promoting a better living environment for themselves and other people around them.
Ever had someone else smile at you? Notice how you felt afterwards? Did you smile at the next person that you saw? We can improve how people feel around us through a simple heartfelt smile. Imagine if we were able to improve things around ourselves to the point in which we could smile more at each other. We could let go of a lot of the needless stressors that we are enveloped in.
I may be somewhat of an idealist, but it is that idealism that allows me to help families, individuals and couples to find ways to work through symptoms of mental illness, life stressors, and struggling with raising children in the middle of it all, by finding ways to cope.
The name Sunny Sky Counseling came from the combination of both my past dog's names, Sunny, a Bernese Mountain Dog, and Sky, a German Shepard/Chow mix and the desire to bring some more sunny skies to Portland Oregon on those cloudy and rainy days.
- Chad Ernest (Owner and Founder)
