Parent Educator; Psychoanalytic Therapist; Lecturer;Author
Courses & Workshops:
Now Open For Registration:
FAMILY RELATIONS: THROUGH A PSYCHOLOGICAL LENSE (ZOOM)
Instructor: Linda R. Ennis, Ph.D. (Education/Psychology: Early Childhood); AccFM; FDRP Med
NEXT SESSION: November 15th-17th, 2023
FORMAT: Small Group Training (limited to 10 participants)
Cost: $800.00
Course Hours: 21: 3 days
Location: Toronto
TO REGISTER: lrennis@rogers.com
Description of Course:
This OAFM-approved course will provide theory and practical application related to families going through the divorce process and mediation. It will examine how attachment models carry over from marriage into separation, and will familiarize students with the parenting styles used that may impact upon children. It will also offer practical strategies how to manage conflict during mediation in “the best interests of the child”. The course combines lecture, individual and group exercises, as well as case studies, which will provide interactive activities in which the participants demonstrate their understanding of the applicable family relations literature in family mediation.The course will take into account a substantive knowledge base, core training and activities.
ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS:
CO-PARENTING CHALLENGES (zoom)
Date: Fall 2023
Cost: $400
This workshop will address some of the co-parenting challenges that separating and newly divorced families experience. It will explain the feelings that both children and parents experience as well as provide constructive strategies to manage some of the behaviours that we see.
To Register: lrennis@rogers.com
INTENSIVE MOTHERING & GRANDMOTHERING
Next Date: Fall, 2023
Cost: $400.
This course will examine the definitions of "intensive mothering" , its underlying causes & components and the impact that it has on marriage, employment and children. It draws on Dr. Ennis' book entitled "Intensive Mothering: The Cultural Contradictions of Modern Motherhood" (Demeter Press). It will also examine the new trend of "intensive grandmothering" as it relates to "intensive mothering".
To Register: lrennis@rogers.com
Linda Rose Ennis, Ph.D,is a psychoanalytic therapist in private practice, who specializes in divorce empowerment, a family mediator, an author, and lecturer, affiliated with York University. Her education includes the following; a Ph.D. in Psychology and Education; a Masters in Education; a Diploma in Child Study and a teaching degree from the University of Toronto. She has written contributions in the Encyclopedia of Motherhood, discussing the “empty nest”, the “mommy track”, and has contributed a chapter entitled “Contract-Faculty Mothers: On The Track To Nowhere” in O’Brien Hallstein & O’Reilly’s book entitled “Academic Motherhood in a Post-Second Wave Context” (Demeter Press:2012). More recently, she has published her edited collection, “Intensive Mothering: The Cultural Contradictions of Modern Motherhood” (Demeter Press: 2014) and “After the Happily Ever After: Empowering Women and Mothers In Relationships” (Demeter Press: 2017). Dr. Ennis' latest edited collection, "Are the Kids Alright: The Impact of the Pandemic on Children" is in press (Demeter Press: 2023).
