We are excited to present our Demystifying Death Fall Conference! We are very excited to announce that our Keynote Speaker this year will be Kim Bateman, Ph.D., the author of Crossing the Owl’s Bridge: A Guide for Grieving People Who Still Love (Chiron, 2016) which uses the wisdom of worldwide folk tales and case stories to demonstrate how to share, ritualize and transform grief. She is a Clinical Psychologist, Storyteller, Death Educator, and End-of-Life Doula She also facilitates memorial textile art workshops and writes a Death Dialogues blog. Dr. Bateman presented a TEDx talk called “Singing Over Bones” on bereavement and serves as the Executive Dean and a Psychology Professor at Sierra College in Tahoe-Truckee, California, USA. Visit her website: kim-bateman.com for more information. 

 Conference Schedule
8:00-8:30am Registration and Coffee
8:30-9am Welcome
9-10:15am Keynote Presentation with Dr. Kimberly Bateman
“Singing Over Bones: Creative Outcomes to Bereavement”

10:25-11:25am Morning Breakout Sessions
”Legal Issues and Death” Amy Boulware, LAP,LMSW Chambliss Law
”Five Wishes” Sherry Campbell, LMSW
”End of Life Care and Ethics” Bob Zylstra, Ed.D, LCSW

11:35-12:335am Noon Breakout Sessions
”The Last Letter” Judith Pedersen-Benn MS, CADC, CHT
”Death Cafe” Michelle Goble
”Home Funerals and Alternatives to Traditional Burials” John Christian Phifer, Larkspur Conservation

12:35-1:35pm Lunch provided by our dear friend Melissa Krell of Sweet Melissa’s Catering

1:45-2:45pm Afternoon Breakout Sessions
”Solo Aging” Brett Billings, Foresight Planning
”Creative Rituals and Stories” Kim Bateman, Ph.D.
”Mind-Mapping Your Death: Planning your End of Life Journey” Judith Pedersen-Benn, MS, CADC, CHT

3:00-4:00pm Closing Session
”Singing for Life and Death, Healing and Well-Being” Naomi Griffin Self, Singing Circle Facilitator

4-4:30 Thank you Sherry Campbell, Judith Pedersen-Benn, Michelle Goble and Alexis Loudsenslager
To include surveys, door prizes and distribution of CEUs

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