Parent Educator; Psychoanalytic Therapist; Lecturer;Author

Courses & Workshops:  

Parenting Workshops:

UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN: ARE THE KIDS ALRIGHT? (zoom)

This course will explore children's anxieties and offer constructive strategies to educate parents how to help their children manage their feelings through difficult times.

To Register: lrennis@rogers.com

Intensive Mothering & Grandmothering (zoom)

This workshop 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" has currently been released (Demeter Press: 2023).