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.
To Register: https://www.welcomehomeofchattanooga.org/conference2024
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”
10:30-11:30am Morning Breakout Sessions
”Legal Issues and Death” Amy Boulware LAPLMSW Chambliss Law
”Five Wishes” Sherry Campbell LMSW
”End of Life Care and Ethics” Bob Zylstra Ed.D LCSW
11:45-12:30am Noon Breakout Sessions
”The Last Letter” Judith Pedersen-Benn MS CADC CHT
”Death Cafe” Sherry Campbell and Participants
”Home Funerals and Alternatives to Traditional Burials” Larkspur Conservation
12:30-1:40pm 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” Naomi Griffin Self Singing Circle Facilitator Threshold Singer
4-4:30 Thank you Sherry Campbell Judith Pedersen-Benn Michelle Goble and Alexis Loudsenslager
To include surveys door prizes and distribution of CEUs
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
First Baptist Church of Chattanooga, 401 Gateway Ave., Chattanooga, United States
