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Our Commitments

To you and your loved ones while in treatment

Our Commitments to You

Our mission is to provide best in class, individualized care to persons with complex co-occurring disorders using an integrated treatment model. Our goal is to give you the best medical and clinical advice in a supportive community to help you achieve your recovery goals. You can expect the following from us:

  • Groups will begin and end on time.
  • Groups will be led by a clinical staff member who has been trained and is qualified to lead each group. All therapists are licensed to practice in the state of IL or certified addiction counselors in IL. Advance practice trainees are directly supervised by a licensed or certified clinician.
  • You will receive individualized care while at SunCloud Health.
  • At the time of admission, you will be assigned a treatment coordinator who will work with you to plan your course of treatment and make revisions with you weekly. This staff member is your primary contact while at SunCloud Health. If at any time you feel that a change would be in your best interest, we encourage you to discuss this with your treatment team.
  • You and your treatment coordinator will co-create a treatment to prioritize your treatment objectives. These plans will be reviewed continually and updated together with your treatment coordinator in weekly sessions.
  • Staff will work together to communicate as a team to provide you with a collaborative and comprehensive treatment experience.
  • SunCloud staff will work with your outside providers (assuming you have signed a release of information) in order to provide continuity in your care.
  • We will strive to involve family members and loved ones in your care, assuming you have signed a release of information. Significant others will be encouraged to attend the weekly multi-family group.
  • Staff will encourage discussion of group dynamics, or the interaction happening in the room in the moment. SunCloud is a group-based program and treats developmental trauma through exposures that occur in process and other groups. We will help you to identify and explore re-enactments (patterns in how you experience yourself, others and authority figures) during groups and use experiential learning to facilitate corrective, healing experiences.
  • Staff will lead psychoeducational DBT and mindfulness skills groups to support you in learning skills to cope with difficult feelings, practicing those skills to navigate painful emotions and achieve symptom reduction and improve your day-to-day living experience.
  • When appropriate, clinical staff will encourage exploration of deeper issues associated with the onset and maintenance of your individual struggles.
  • Staff will make every effort to inform you at least a week in advance of any upcoming staff or group leader changes. We understand consistency is a crucial component of establishing safety and healing trauma.
    If at any time we believe the level or type of support we can provide at SunCloud is inadequate for your clinical condition, we will work with you to make a medically sound recommendation and support you in accessing the level/type of care your condition warrants.
  • We will work with you in advance of discharge to create a discharge plan to support your transition to outpatient care. We would like you to begin seeing your outpatient team once you step down from IOP 5days to IOP 3 days. For planned discharges, your treatment coordinator will speak with your identified outpatient team prior to your discharge from IOP.
  • During your treatment in PHP/IOP your team will work with you to provide medical monitoring including a schedule for obtaining weights, vital signs, and random toxicology screens as needed.

Video: SUNCLOUD HEALTH HAS CREATED A SACRED HEALING SPACE WHICH REQUIRES SOME COMMITMENTS.

Kim Dennis, MD, CEDS, MD, Medical Director, CEO and Co-founder at SunCloud Health explains why SunCloud Health has created a sacred healing space which requires some commitments.

Video: RECOVERY IS NOT BLACK OR WHITE. THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT SHADES.

Kimberly Dennis, MD, CEDS, Chief Medical Officer, CEO and Co-founder at SunCloud Health on why recovery is not black or white there are lots of different shades.

Video: THE PATH OF SPIRITUAL PROGRESS IS A PATH OF HARM REDUCTION.

Kimberly Dennis, MD, CEDS, Chief Medical Officer, CEO and Co-founder at SunCloud Health on why the path of spiritual progress is a path of harm reduction.

Explaining SunCloud’s Integrated Model Why is an integrated treatment model essential to successfully treating patients?

Dr. Kim Dennis, Co-Founder and Medical Director at SunCloud Health, discusses the vital role the integrated model (that she is pioneering at SunCloud Health) plays in the success of treating patients with co-occurring disorders and underlying trauma. How does SunCloud create an authentic culture of patient support?

Rachel Collins, LCSW
Site Director of Northbrook PHP and IOP

Rachel Collins, LCSW, is the Site Director of SunCloud Health’s Northbrook Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) programs for both adolescents and adults. Rachel earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and went on to complete her master’s degree in social work from Michigan State University. She has since worked in a wide range of settings, including inpatient treatment, PHP/IOP programs, therapeutic group homes, and private practice. Rachel specializes in treating trauma (using Cognitive Processing Therapy) and anxiety, practicing through a relational, compassionate, and client-centered lens. She is passionate about creating a therapeutic space in which clients feel safe and able to explore various parts of themselves with curiosity as opposed to judgement. In addition to her leadership and clinical work, she is passionate about creating art, and learning about the intersection between creativity and mental health.

Kayla Corirossi, MA, LCSW
Site Director, Naperville PHP/IOP (Adolescents & Adults)

Kayla Corirossi, MA, LCSW, is the Site Director of SunCloud Health’s Naperville Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) programs for adolescents and adults. She brings extensive experience working with individuals across the lifespan, including adolescents, adults, and geriatric populations, and specializes in the treatment of mood disorders, trauma, substance use, family systems, forensic populations, and individuals in crisis.

Kayla has worked in a wide range of clinical and community settings, including community-based interventions, police crisis response, correctional facilities, inpatient treatment, PHP/IOP programs, and with vulnerable and underserved populations. In addition to her clinical and leadership work, she is passionate about providing mental health education and advocacy within the community.

Kayla earned her Bachelor’s degree with a double major in Psychology and Sociology from Aurora University and went on to complete her Master’s degree in Forensic Social Work, also at Aurora University. Her clinical approach is evidence-based, compassionate, trauma-informed, and integrative, emphasizing collaboration and individualized care.

Driven by a personal mission to meet individuals where they are, Kayla is committed to helping clients feel safe, supported, and understood. She strives to create a natural and empathetic healing environment while ensuring individuals from all backgrounds and identities know they are not alone and have access to meaningful resources and support.

Elizabeth E. Sita, MD
Medical Director of Adult Services

Dr. Elizabeth E. Sita, MD, is a Board Certified psychiatrist specializing in the care of patients with eating disorders. She completed her undergraduate training at the University of Chicago and graduated with Highest Honors. She then earned her medical degree at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and was recognized with the Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Psychiatry. She subsequently completed residency with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, where she was elected Chief Resident and received the Resident Psychiatrist Leadership & Service Award.
Upon completing her training, Dr. Sita came to Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, where she served as Assistant Medical Director of the Center for Eating Disorders and Director of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Services before transitioning to lead the new inpatient eating disorder unit as Medical Director of Eating Disorder Services at Ascension Saint Joseph Hospital – Chicago. In these roles, she has cared for a multitude of adolescents and adults struggling with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other eating disorders as well as severe, cooccurring mood, trauma, personality, and substance use disorders.
Dr. Sita has been recognized throughout her training and practice for a commitment to excellence in patient care and for her ability to engage patients in their most challenging moments. Her passions include the care of treatment-resistant eating and mood disorders as well as questions of medical capacity and end-of-life decision making.
She believes that, first and foremost, human connection is key to mental health and well-being and strives to share this philosophy in each and every patient encounter. She is excited to bring her expertise to SunCloud Health as the Medical Director of Adult Services!
 
VIDEO: Meet Elizabeth E. Sita, MD, Medical Director of Adult Services


 https://youtu.be/JbmELh2UGXE

Lacey Lemke, PsyD
Assistant Vice President of Clinical Services

Dr. Lacey Lemke (she/her) is a licensed clinical health psychologist with specialized expertise in the treatment of eating disorders and the practice of medical and health psychology. She completed her doctoral training in clinical psychology with a Primary Care emphasis at the Adler School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Lemke went on to complete both her predoctoral clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship through Ascension Health, where she gained advanced training working with individuals experiencing eating disorders and self-injurious behaviors, as well as within pediatric subspecialty settings including endocrinology, neurology, and adolescent medicine.

Dr. Lemke is deeply committed to providing evidence-based, compassionate care and collaborates closely with interdisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive treatment. Her professional mission is to support patients in achieving their fullest potential by guiding them to the most appropriate level of care and empowering them to make meaningful, sustainable progress toward improved health and well-being.

VIDEO: 2. Meet Lacey Lemke, PsyD.

https://youtu.be/iKQeU9s5U2k?rel=o