New Haven
Provo, UT
New Haven Announces The
Acquisition Of Sunrise Academy
Dustin
Tibbitts, LMFTI Executive Director
801-794-1218
www.newhavenrtc.com
July 5, 2006
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the acquisition of Sunrise Academy
in Hurricane, Utah by Solacium, New Haven's holding company,
on June 30, 2006. Sunrise is a five-year-old residential treatment
center for adolescent girls located just north of St. George3
in southern Utah.
I am especially excited about this transaction because we will
position Sunrise as a treatment option for families who aren't
able to afford New Haven. Sunrise will adopt New Haven's nurturing
philosophy of treatment, similar admissions criteria, and its
family-oriented approach to therapy. Sunrise will focus on helping
girls that struggle with depression, ADHD, eating disorders,
family-related issues, ODD, poor school performance, substance
abuse and addiction, attachment and adoption issues, sexual and
emotional trauma, and learning disabilities. Sunrise will not
accept conduct disorders, violent students, pregnant students,
nor families who are not committed to participating in treatment
with their daughters. Sunrise will differentiate itself from
New Haven in the following four ways: 1) it will have a strong
community service oriented program; 2) it will not treat students
and families with deeply-ingrained personality issues; 3) it
will have lower staff-to-student ratios and higher therapist
caseloads; and 4) it will utilize the splendor of the southern
Utah national parks in its program activities.
David Prior, LMFT will be the new Executive Director of Sunrise.
Dave has been with New Haven for four years, and has been the
Assistant Clinical Director at our south campus for the last
two years. Before coming to New Haven Dave worked with another
treatment center for two years, and at a county mental health
agency for one year. Dave's commitment to our students and their
families, his compassion and genuineness, and his proven leadership
and clinical experience will ensure Sunrise's success.
Mike Crowley will also be joining Sunrise as the Director of
Admissions. Mike has been a part of New Haven for the past five
years; for the last two years he has been a Lead Supervisor in
the Residential Department. Mike's friendliness, outgoing personality,
and his excitement for helping parents of struggling students
will be a positive addition to Sunrise's administrative team.
Joel Beckstrand will remain as the Education Director. Joel
was one of Sunrise's founding directors and is an excellent advocate
for each girl's individual educational needs. Lidia Guerrero
will continue as the Director of Residential Services and has
been at Sunrise for 3 years. Lidia is responsible for Sunrise's
staff, and works closely with our students and their parents
to help with the process of change that takes place outside of
the therapy office. Helen Johnson, LPC will also remain as the
Clinical Director. Helen has been at Sunrise since October of
2005, and has worked in a variety of clinical settings throughout
her career.
I appreciate the friendship and professional support you have
offered New Haven over the past eleven years, and I know that
Dave Prior and Sunrise look forward to working with you in the
future.
Sincerely,
Dustin
Tibbitts, LMFTI Executive Director
801-380-4367 cell
