Mental Health Treatment Center Near Matteson, IL

Your Voice. Your Choice. Our Team.

A Clearer Way to Find the Right Level of Care

Matteson families may be looking for help when a teen, adult, or loved one needs more support than weekly appointments provide. We can help you compare age-appropriate options without asking you to choose a program before an assessment.

SunCloud Health provides integrated, trauma-informed care through adult treatment programs and adolescent treatment programs across a connected Illinois continuum. We can help you compare options without assuming that one diagnosis or one program tells the whole story.

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When Is It Time to Consider More Care?

Start With Safety, Age, and What Daily Life Looks Like Now

School attendance, work, eating, substance use, mood, trauma symptoms, relationships, and safety all help clarify how much structure may be useful and where treatment should take place.

If you are calling for someone you love, our family and loved-one resources may help you prepare for the conversation.

  • Tell us what feels urgent, different, or harder to manage.
  • Review previous treatment and what has or has not helped.
  • Consider age, safety, home support, work or school, and daily functioning together.

Conditions We Commonly Treat

When Mental Health Concerns Affect More Than One Part of Life

Symptoms may show up at home, at work or school, in relationships, and in physical wellbeing. Our integrated model looks for those connections.

  • Depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, panic, and OCD symptoms
  • Trauma and PTSD, grief, emotional dysregulation, and safety concerns
  • Eating disorders, body image distress, and disrupted eating patterns
  • Substance use, process addictions, and co-occurring mental health concerns
  • School or work disruption, relationship stress, and family conflict
  • Self-harm thoughts, repeated setbacks, and level-of-care questions

Treatment Should Match What You Need Now

Match the Amount of Support to What Is Happening Now

Some people need more than weekly therapy but can remain at home. Others need overnight support. We compare safety, functioning, and support between program hours.

A calm SunCloud Health treatment room

Care Near Matteson

Matteson Families Can Begin Close to Adolescent Residential Care

Our Matteson campus provides residential treatment for adolescent girls ages 13 to 18. Adults and people who need PHP, IOP, virtual IOP, or outpatient care can be connected with the appropriate SunCloud program elsewhere in our Illinois continuum.

Learn more about our Matteson adolescent residential campus or explore all SunCloud Health locations.

  • Programs and age eligibility vary by location and level of care.
  • Admissions can explain where the recommended program is delivered.
  • Family or loved-one involvement is considered with patient consent.

Outcomes-Informed Care

Measured Change Helps Keep Care Accountable

We use patient-reported measures alongside clinical observation and daily functioning so progress can be discussed rather than assumed. Our published outcomes reporting describes improvement across diagnostic groups and lower average adolescent symptom scores from admission to discharge.

Adult measuresOQ-45.2 reporting follows symptom distress, relationships, and social-role functioning.
Adolescent depressionAverage PHQ-9 scores moved from 11.3 at admission to 7.5 at discharge.
Individual decisionsGroup averages do not promise a result or replace a clinical conversation.

Why Families Choose SunCloud

One Conversation Can Clarify Several Connected Concerns

Our integrated model considers how mental health, eating-disorder, trauma, substance-use, and family-system needs may influence one another.

  • Integrated treatment for mental health, eating-disorder, trauma, and substance-use concerns.
  • Physician-led, trauma-informed care supported by a multidisciplinary team.
  • Step-up and step-down planning across a connected continuum.
Members of the SunCloud Health care team

Our Public Reviews

What People Notice About the Care They Receive

Public reviews describe individual experiences and are not clinical promises. They can still offer a window into the communication, compassion, and support people have encountered with our team.

Featured Review

"From the moment I arrived, I felt truly seen, heard, and cared for."

Public Google review, SunCloud Health

"From day one the communication was clear and kind."

Public Google review

"The staff genuinely care about each individual and take the time to understand the whole person, not just a diagnosis."

Public Google review

"Communication with their team has always been professional, timely, and collaborative."

Public Google review

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions Matteson Families Ask Before Treatment

Does SunCloud Health have a facility in Matteson?

SunCloud Health operates an adolescent residential campus in Matteson for girls ages 13 to 18. Other age groups and levels of care are provided through the appropriate SunCloud location or virtual program.

Do you treat both adults and adolescents?

Yes. SunCloud Health provides programs for adults and adolescents, but age eligibility and available levels of care vary by program and location. Admissions can explain the current options that fit the person seeking care.

Do we need to know whether PHP, IOP, or residential care is right?

No. Many people call because they know more support may be needed but are unsure which level fits. We can talk through symptoms, safety, treatment history, home support, work or school, and practical next steps.

Can treatment address more than one diagnosis?

Our integrated model is designed for co-occurring concerns, including combinations of mood, anxiety, trauma, eating-disorder, substance-use, and relationship or family-system needs.

Admissions Support

Matteson Families Can Take the First Step With Admissions

You do not have to decide the program before reaching out. Tell us what is happening, what has already been tried, and what feels most urgent. We can help you understand whether SunCloud Health may be appropriate and where care would take place.

Immediate danger or a mental health emergency? Call 911 or go to the nearest ER.

  1. Tell us what is happening.
    Share symptoms, safety concerns, and what support has already been tried.
  2. Compare the appropriate options.
    Discuss age eligibility, levels of care, location, timing, and insurance questions.
  3. Leave with clearer next steps.
    Understand what to do next if SunCloud Health appears to be a fit.
-Our Research Team-
Timothy D. Brewerton, MD, DLFAPA, FAED, DFAACAP, CEDS-S
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Christopher Womack
Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Dr. Christopher Womack joins SunCloud as our Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Dr. Womack is board certified in Adult as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, attending the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Adult psychiatry residency and child fellowship training were completed at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Dr. Womack’s treatment  philosophy hinges on strength based, evidence informed care, where collaboration is central to guiding individualized treatment.  He has experience caring for children and teens from varied backgrounds, appreciating the importance of how identity can inform treatment.

Favorite pastimes are cooking new recipes and exploring Chicago’s rich cultural diversity through its neighborhood and fine dining experiences.

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 joined the staff atAscension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital 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

 

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.