FMRIG Team members - 2004/05
L-R:
Jennifer
Pringle, Brad Peters, Colleen Saffrey, Dr. Marion Ehrenberg, Dr.
Michael
Hunter, Marei Luedemann, Jackie Bush, & Laura Young
Marion Ehrenberg, Ph.D., R.Psych - ehrm@uvic.ca
Marion is an
Associate Professor and Director of the Families in Motion Research and
Information Group. She is a clinical psychologist by training with
specific interest in child and family adjustment. Her research has
focused on psychological characteristics contributing to the process of
shared parenting after divorce and the implications of this process for
children and adolescents.
Michael Hunter, Ph.D. - mhunter@uvic.ca
Mike is a
Professor of Psychology at UVic. His interests focus primarily on the
theory of statistical inference and on multivariate statistical
methods; recently his work has focused on describing and explaining
short term intraindividual variability in cognitive processes. Mike has
provided valuable statistical support to many research projects
conducted with the Families in Motion Group.
Jackie
Bush, M.A. - jbush@uvic.ca
Jackie is a
Doctoral student
in the Clinical Life-Span Program at UVic. She is interested in
links
between parental divorce and sibling relationships across the life
course. Specifically, she is curious about how the divorce
process might
transform sibling relationships, thereby potentially making them
qualitatively
different than sibling relationships in other family types. In
addition,
she is interested in how siblings might support each other during and
after
family transitions. For her dissertation study, Jackie has been examining various
methodological issues faced by researchers assessing sibling
relationships in
diverse family types. As part of this
examination, she has started exploring how traditionally-defined
relationship constructs,
such as closeness, might look different in sibling relationships than
in other
types of relationships, and also how such constructs might differ in
expression
according to the sex composition of the sibling dyad. Jackie is currently completing her internship.
Laura
Young, M.Sc. - lyoung@uvic.ca
Laura is a doctoral student in the Clinical Life-Span program at UVic.
Her research interests include sibling differences in adjustment in
divorced families and how parental differential treatment influences
adjustment, attachment, and sibling and romantic relationship quality in
young adulthood. Research findings to date suggest that perceptions of
receiving relatively poorer parental treatment than one's sibling can lead
to poorer outcomes for older adolescents and young adults. Laura is
currently completing a pre-doctoral internship in Adult Mental Health at
the London Clinical Psychology Residency Consortium in London, Ontario
from September 2010 to August 2011. Rotem Regev, M. Sc. – rotemreg@uvic.ca
Rotem is a first year Ph.D. student in the Clinical Life-Span program
at
UVic. She takes a special interest in conducting community-based
research in
the area of children’s adjustment following divorce. Specifically,
Rotem has
been collaborating with a local community-based organization which
provides
support services to families experiencing separation and divorce, and
has devised a comprehensive evaluation of its leading parent-child
program, which culminated in her thesis research. Results
demonstrated that program goals
are, in fact, being met, particularly in the area of children’s
perceptions of
feeling “caught in the middle” between their parents and in terms of
parents' and children's satisfaction from the program. Rotem is
currently completing a psychoeducational practicum and further
developing her program evaluation initiatives.
Marysia Lazinski, M.Sc. – lazinski@uvic.ca
Marysia
is a first year doctoral student in the Clinical Life-Span program at
UVic. Her research interests revolve around a child's response to the
divorce of their parents: How do children choose to spend their time
during and after their parents' divorce? Do any of the activities they
participate in help them to cope with their parents' divorce and if so,
how? Marysia hopes that the answers to these questions will help us to
create intervention programs which will promote positive coping and
adjustment for children from divorced families.
Alumni Members
Marei Perrin, Ph.D. - mperrin@uvic.ca
Marei completed her doctoral studies in the Clinical Life-Span Program at
UVic. Her dissertation research with FMRIG investigated family boundary
diffusion (e.g., triangulation and parentification), parent-child
relationships, and adjustment following parental divorce. Previous work
involved investigating how best to conceptualize and measure family system
constructs, such as triangulation and enmeshment. Since September 2010
Marei works as a clinical psychologist at Queen Alexandra Centre for
Children’s Health providing psychological assessment services for youth
and intervention services to preschoolers and families.
Jennifer
Pringle, Ph.D.
Jennifer completed her doctoral degree in
clinical psychology at UVic after completing a master's degree at Acadia
University and a bachelor's degree at Dalhousie University. Her dissertation research with FMRIG examined
influences on marital quality in stepfamilies, particularly the roles of
relationship beliefs, expectations, and aspects of the co-parenting
relationship with a former spouse. As of
November 2009, Jennifer is an associate therapist at the Vancouver Couple and
Family Institute where she offers emotion-focused therapy (EFT) for couples,
individuals, and groups.
Jillian McFarlane, B.A.(Hon.) – FMRIG Member from 2003 - 2004
Jill was an Honours student with FMRIG and
wrote her thesis on the views of professional psychologists and young
adults
affected by divorce regarding the needs of children in divorcing
families.
She currently works as support staff at Edgewood, Vancouver Island's
Addictions
Treatment Centre. Next year, Jill plans to attend graduate school in
clinical
child psychology.
Jennifer Geisreiter, B.A.(Hon.) – FMRIG Member from 2002 - 2003
Jennifer worked with the Families in Motion
Group as an Honours student and wrote her thesis on the relationship
between
parental arguments and attachment, and how these experiences impact
future
relationship satisfaction among adult children from both intact and
divorced
homes. Currently Jennifer is a research assistant to both Dr. Bonnie
Leadbeater
and Dr. Lily Dyson at the University of Victoria. After taking a year
off,
Jennifer plans to attend graduate school in clinical psychology.
Acia Blank, B.A.(Hon.) - FMRIG Member from 2002 -
2003
In 2002, Acia completed a directed studies project with
FMRIG exploring the impact of different parenting practices on infant
and child development. She
later worked as a Research
Assistant with the UVic Centre for Youth & Society, evaluating the
W.I.T.S.
Program (a local anti-bullying program for elementary school children).
Under the supervision of Dr. Bonnie Leadbeater, Acia wrote her Honours
thesis at UVic
on children's help-seeking behavior in response to peer victimization.
She is currently a graduate student at the University of Windsor
Ontario.
Laura-Lynn Stewart, M.A. - FMRIG Member from 1999 -
2002
Laura-Lynn is currently a doctoral student in the School and Clinical
Child Psychology Program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT). As an Honours student
with FMRIG, she wrote a thesis on adolescents' views of barriers to
help-seeking and she continues to be interested in research concerning
the well-being of
children and adolescents in families at risk.
Barb Jameson, Ph.D. - FMRIG Member from
1993
- 2001 - consult@africanaccess.com
Barb is currently employed by the Calgary Health Region as a therapist
for Outpatient Mental Health. Her research has focused on the views of
psychologists and lawyers with respect to best interests of the child
criterion. Barb
has always had a special interest in research exploring psychological
resilience, and she is currently developing a series of seminars
designed to promote psychological wellness at home and at work.
Alina Carter, B.A.(Hon.) - FMRIG Member from 2000 -
2001
Alina was an Honours student during the 2000/2001 academic year and
wrote a thesis on how the presence of an older sibling relates to an
adolescents' help-seeking behaviour. Alina is currently pursuing
graduate studies at the University of Windsor.
Lesley Deprey, Ph.D.
Lesley
completed her doctoral degree in Counselling Psychology at the
University of Alberta, after completing her Bachelor's Degree in
Psychology at UVic. Currently, she is a Licensed Psychologist with The
UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute in Sacramento, CA. The assessment of autism
spectrum disorders (ASD)is her primary focus, and she is involved in
over 20 research studies related to ASD and other neurodevelopmental
disorders, such as Fragile X syndrome. Lesley is an independent trainer
on the ADI-R and the ADOS, our current gold-standard measures for
assessing ASD. She was recently involved in a study which was featured
in an article for National Geographic magazine. She is also a Sub
Investigator for ongoing pediatric clinical trials sponsored by the FDA.
Margaret Gearing-Small, M.A.
Margaret worked in the FMRIG lab while completing her Masters Degree in
Clinical Psychology. She is currently working as an oncology social
worker at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa,
Florida.
Laura Janzen, Ph.D.
Laura is a post-doctoral fellow in neuropsychology at the University of
Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York. Her main areas of
clinical and research interest include pediatric neuropsychology and
neuropsychological aspects of epilepsy.
Jennifer Kozyniak, B.A., B.S.W.
After receiving her second degree in social work from the University of
Manitoba, Jennifer completed an internship with the Legislative
Assembly of Manitoba and worked as the Special Assistant for the
Minister of Health. She is
presently working as a Research and Evaluation Consultant for the Government of
Manitoba's Healthy Child
Initiative.
Tavi Nicholson, Ph.D.
Tavi is a clinical psychologist employed by the counselling department
at the Okanagan University College. She also has a private practice
working primarily with young offenders. Her research has focused on the
role important relationships play in protecting or jeopardizing further
young people who have been involved in criminal activities.
Diane Roche,
Ph.D. - dianeroche@tarnowcenter.com
Diane is a licensed psychologist employed at the Tarnow Center for
Self-Management in Houston, Texas. She has particular interests in
working with adolescent and pre-adolescent girls, with families
disrupted by a child's sexual abuse or sexually related behavior
problems, and with families undergoing divorce and other family
transitions. Diane also holds a faculty appointment in the Department
of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine,
where she participates in the education and supervision of clinical
psychology interns.
Tracie Smith, B.A.,
M.L.I.S.
Tracie is currently working as an Information Services Librarian at
the University of Victoria. She completed her honours psychology degree
at UVic in 1992 and wrote a thesis on the quality of the relationship
between
grandparents and their grandchildren after the parents divorce. She is
currently interested in how people find and evaluate information,
particularly
electronic information.
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