Atlas Wellness Holdings, LLC · est. 2024
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ATLAS

Wellness Holdings
A solid foundation for recovery.
Three founding anchors NIRC · Prairie / Lovett · Millennium
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Four subsidiaries One continuum
I · Philosophy

Recovery is not a destination. It is a ground — steady, quiet, load-bearing — from which a life can be rebuilt.

01

Clinical rigor

Evidence-based medicine at the core — psychiatry, addiction medicine, measurable outcomes. Nothing decorative.

02

One curriculum

The Arc — our single 365-day curriculum — runs across every anchor and every subsidiary, so a person's clinical record, language, and daily practice stay continuous as they move between levels of care.

03

A life after.

We do not consider care complete at discharge. The foundation is only meaningful if something lasting is built on top of it.

II · Anchor entities

Three founding anchors.
One standard of care.

Atlas Wellness Holdings, LLC operates through three founding behavioral-health anchors — each established, each clinically distinguished, each contributing to the shared Arc — our single 365-day curriculum. Equal weight, one continuum.

  1. i.
    Northern Illinois Recovery Center
    NIRC · Founding anchor

    The operational proof of concept for the Atlas model — residential and outpatient addiction treatment with measurable outcomes.

    Crystal Lake, ILEst. 2017
  2. ii.
    Prairie / Lovett
    Founding anchor · est. 2014

    A two-campus continuum under Lovett Behavioral Health Group — residential and detox in the Texas countryside, outpatient and IOP in the heart of Houston. One clinical home, two settings.

    Round Top, TXHouston, TXEst. 2014
  3. iii.
    Millennium Counseling
    Founding anchor

    Outpatient counseling and behavioral health care, integrated into the Arc at the community-care level.

    Chicago, ILThe Loop
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III · The clinicians behind the Arc

The people who hold
the standard.

The Arc is authored, taught, and audited by the clinicians on the floor at each anchor. These are the leaders translating the framework into daily practice — medical directors, clinical supervisors, executive directors. The Arc is what they make it.

Robert Hilliker
Prairie / Lovett · Co-founder

Robert Hilliker, PhD, LCSW-S

Co-Founder · Prairie Recovery & The Lovett Center

Co-founded Lovett Behavioral Health Group in 2014, building a two-campus continuum spanning residential and detox in Round Top and outpatient/IOP in Houston's Montrose. A psychodynamic clinician by training, Robert is the architect of the long-arc, whole-person approach the Arc codifies as Restoration → Transformation → Integration.

Caitlyn McClure
NIRC · Clinical leadership

Caitlyn McClure, DSW, LCSW

VP of Clinical Services · Northern Illinois Recovery

Leads the clinical team at NIRC with a trauma-informed, evidence-based practice. Holds a Doctorate in Social Work; published research on burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction; serves on the editorial committee of a peer-reviewed journal. Anchors the Arch's commitment to clinician well-being as a precondition for client outcomes.

Derek Bylsma
Millennium · Operational leadership

Derek Bylsma, LCPC

Executive Director · Millennium Counseling

Brings outpatient counseling and community-based behavioral health into the Atlas continuum. Translates Arc curriculum modules into the cadence of weekly outpatient practice — the level of care most clients return to, and where long-term outcomes are made or lost.

Oren Matteson
Millennium · Clinical leadership

Oren Matteson, LCPC

Clinical Director · Millennium Counseling

Oversees the clinical practice at Millennium and contributes to the Arc's outpatient module set. Focused on the practical translation of curriculum into therapist hours — fidelity, supervision rhythm, and the small clinical decisions that compound into outcomes.

Four leaders shown · Roster expanding Atlas is the standard. The clinicians are the practice.
IV · The Arc, everywhere

One Arc.
Four expressions.

Atlas Wellness Holdings oversees four patient-facing brands, each a distinct entity with its own focus. What unites them is not a logo — it is the Arc, a single 365-day curriculum that runs through all four. The same map of recovery, deployed four different ways.

Patient· Member· Provider· Staff one Arc

Whatever pillar a person is in — and whatever role they hold — the Arc is the common language everyone speaks. It keeps a person's record, practice, and progress continuous as they move across care, body, mind, and community.

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V · Begin

The first step is quiet — a conversation, nothing more.

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