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 Your child may have ADD/ADHD. The good news is professionals have learned that ADD/ADHD is only as medically “serious” as myopia. It’s treatment is as nearly straightforward as vision testing and eyeglasses. Both ADD/ADHD and myopia lead to profoundly negative outcomes if unrecognized and untreated. The difference is, they don’t blame you for not seeing well. |
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ABOUT US Meet the Staff
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CFC BiographiesKennan Horn, MSW, LCSW
While there are no quick fixes for ADHD, Ken utilizes innovative, research-proven strategies for behavior management therapies that increase performance in the classroom and at home. There is a complex interplay of chemistry and behavior with mental illness. Ken helps to navigate that territory for the individuals and family members who are caught in the rut of unhealthy behaviors. “Life journeys are similar to golf. Success comes in knowing how to get out of the rough. It is not easy but with the right tools it can be done so you are able to enjoy the rest of the game.” When he is not working, Ken enjoys playing golf, bowhunting in the fall, canoeing and bicycling with his wife. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota and a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has held director level positions in his mental health career in the public and private sectors. He has practiced in the inpatient and outpatient settings, which has provided him with a wealth of treatment experience. Ken formed Child & Family Consultants with his colleagues, W. Bradford Lyles, M.D. and Cheryl Rotherham, MS, LCSW.
Cheryl K. Rotherham, MSW, LCSW
A good working relationship is the most fundamental ingredient in effective therapy. Cheryl's warmth, dedication and empathy provide her clients greater ease in the therapy process. Cheryl is skilled in the most scientifically-based psychotherapies, including psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal and integrative therapies. She also provides expert couples therapy, family therapy, and group therapy. This varied expertise allows Cheryl to provide the most effective type of therapy for each client. Based upon her hospital work and diligent updating, Cheryl is also attuned to medical/psychiatric issues suffered by her clients. If there is any doubt about whether or not a client suffers from such issues, Cheryl makes the referral to the appropriate options for medical/psychiatric evaluation. Through training and self-education, Cheryl has developed expertise in the primary psychiatric conditions of: Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression and ADHD. This allows her to integrate her work more rapidly and effectively with that of the patient's primary physician/psychiatrist. Also due to her hospital training, Cheryl quickly recognizes when clients require certain of the major social supports available - she helps her clients to access community and financial services as rapidly as possible. These services include private and Social Security disability, legal issues, and advocacy with employers and schools, etc. Cheryl received her Bachelor of Science in Human Growth and Development for the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1975. She received her Masters in Counseling (MS) from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, 1983. She has been a Wisconsin-licensed clinical social worker since 1986. Following her years as a Medical Social Worker at St. Mary's Hospital, Cheryl worked as a therapist at the Family Life and Growth Center, followed by Bay Psychiatric Services. She and her two partners founded CFC in 12/2000, practicing there since that time. Cheryl has been active in teaching, and was awarded the Presidential Medal (2006) for her contributions to Healthcare. In addition to the passion Cheryl has for her work, her interests include travel, reading, working out, boating, gardening, and of course her extended family.
W. Bradford Lyles,MD, FAACAP, FAPA
After all of the academic stuff, the pace slowed (no, not really). Within three years, Dr. Lyles served as founding Medical Director/Chief Psychiatrist for there hospital systems, founding two Child Inpatient Units, one Adolescent Inpatient Unit and two child/adolescent Partial Hospital Programs, all the while working in outpatient practice as well. In 1995, Dr. Lyles became inflamed with political ambition and ran for a Fredericksburg area School Board in Virginia’s first such elections in 50 years. He lost by 1.5% of the vote, i.e. 33 votes. He was cured. During the late 1980’s and through the 1990’s, Dr. Lyles served as President and Senior Vice-President of two Mental Health Associations, founded (once as President) two CHADD chapters, had his name plastered in brass upon the Arnette County Youth Shelter (Ocala, FL), served as Public Affairs Representative for the Florida and Virginia Psychiatric Societies, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Virginia and the University of Florida. He worked at various administrative levels of the APA, enjoying voting privileges in the APA Assembly (very formal and LARGE). In 1998, he received an award from the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia for Outstanding Dedication and Service (Don’t worry, no more awards!). Then, one month later, Dr. Lyles was chased out of town. Well, sort of. Mary Washington Hospital (it’s really pretty, by the way) Administration shared with its psychiatrists, with TWO weeks’ notice, that there would be 25-50% pay cuts, effective immediately. Departing with Dr. Lyles were four of a compliment of eight. Two months later, after 7 years in Virginia, the first snow of the year, an evening fall, greeted his family to Green Bay with sparkles and hope. Soon, with Ken and Cheryl, he founded CFC. Since then, life has been very interesting (in the sense of the Chinese curse, “may you have an interesting life”). In closing, despite all that has happened in his private and professional lives, Dr. Lyles holds on to a dual conceit: He always cares and he is a darned good psychiatrist.
Dr. Jenna SaulAs an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, Dr. Saul’s interest in brain research allowed her to procure a work study that mapped dopamine receptors in the brain; she participated in the collection of scientific information that contributed to the understanding of brain development and psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and ADHD. This experience was her impetus for pursuing a career in medicine. Dr. Jenna Saul’s interest in becoming a child and adolescent psychiatrist was fortified by clinical rotations in medical school at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine. There she identified patients whose unrecognized psychiatric illnesses affected the health problems for which they sought treatment. The challenge of providing care and advocacy for patients who were stigmatized for their medical illnesses, and helping them to maximize their quality of life despite medically and socially imposed restrictions made psychiatry especially appealing. She enjoyed seeing pediatric developmentally delayed children at their school and working with children and their families at a chronic illness clinic. Her training in general psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine gave her a broad base of expertise in brain development, psychotherapy, and neuropsychopharmacology . She also learned about the link between affective states and brain changes, and continues to seek ways to integrate the principles of psychodynamics and neurodevelopment in her work with children and families as a psychiatrist. This experience strengthen her skills at the University of Chicago where she did her psychiatric fellowship at a mental health residential facility. Dr. Saul has expanded her expertise to include reproductive psychiatry trying to bring education and awareness to other physicians, and to assist the women to manage Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (a severe form of PMS), and mental health issues related to pregnancy and postpartum. She is also a member of the International Society of Sports Psychiatry, counseling athletes, teams, coaches and parents.
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Ken is a practitioner of psychotherapy, working with children, teens, and adults. With 20 years of experience in both clinical and medical settings, Ken advocates early intervention for best results. He brings his social work background experience to his clients with a holistic approach to their needs, be it managing depression, anxiety, ADHD, relationship difficulties, family issues, child/teen behavioral issues, or other concerns requiring solution-focused interventions for creating change. Ken provides expert evaluation and diagnoses which leads to more effective treatment and quicker problem resolution.
Cheryl, a Green Bay psychotherapist, benefits from more than twenty years' clinical practice. Cheryl draws upon her network of contacts and her multi-faceted clinical skills to provide her patients with the most comprehensive, immediate and effective treatment available:
Dr. Lyles is double board-certified in Child/Adolescent and General Psychiatry. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). He has also served as a Ginsburg Fellow, a Presidential Scholar of the AACAP, and a Laughlin Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. Dr. Lyles attended the University of Florida as a National Merit Scholar, earning a B.S. in Microbiology and Cell Science, and induction into the Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key and Phi Kappa Phi academic honor societies. He received his M.D. from the University of South Florida (Tampa), earning selection upon graduation as The Outstanding Student in Psychiatry. Dr. Lyles attended a combined (five years) Residency in General/Child-Adolescent Psychiatry, serving as Chief Fellow of the Child/Adolescent Psychiatry Division, President of the Psychiatry Residents’ Committee, Founding Chair of the Florida Psychiatric Society Residents’ Committee, and a whole bunch of other stuff you can ask him about if you get really bored one day. It is of note, however, that upon completion of his Residency/Fellowship he was selected for The Award for Excellence During Psychiatric Residency. He also published more than a dozen professional journal articles – even one in the orange journal (AACAP). Wait, there was also that period as a Congressional Fellow in D.C. and the brain dissections as a Clinical Instructor in Neuroanatomy. But we digress.