Lectures and Presentations

In addition to Individual Consulting and Group Study Seminars, Dr. Peterson offers lectures and presentation. If you want to book a speaking event contact Dr. Peterson.

• United Church of Christ, Tiburon, CA. The Toughest Choices You’ll Ever Make, 2013.
• Temple Beth David, Philadelphia, PA. How to Have Your Own Voice to the End of Your Life, 2013.
• The Transition Network, Philadelphia, PA. Introduction to Having Your Voice to the End of Your Life, 2014.
• OLLI Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Four Short Videos That Could Change your Life, 2015.
• Positive Aging, Philadelphia, PA. End of Life Planning: What’s it all about? 2015
• Friends in the City, Philadelphia, PA. How and Why to Start a Conversation about the End of Your Life During the Holidays, 2016.
• Friends in the City, Philadelphia, PA. Five Short Videos That Could Change Your Life, 2016.
• The Einstein Circle, Sarasota, FL. Five Short Videos That Could Change Your Life, 2016.
• CHANS Hospice, Brunswick, ME. Making End of Life Conversations Easier, 2016.
• Philadelphia Public Library, Philadelphia, PA. Your Life, Your Death, Your Choice: A Book to Help You “Have the Conversation”, 2016.
• Penn Wissahickon Hospice, Philadelphia, PA. Five Short Videos That Could Change Your Life, 2017.
• Freeport Public Library, Freeport, ME. Author Presentation: Your Life, Your Death, Your Choice, 2017.
• Cathedral Village Retirement Community, Philadelphia, PA. Four Short Videos that Could Change Your Life, 2017.
• Cathedral Village Retirement Community, Philadelphia, PA. (Three 90-minute sessions in workshop format) Reviewing and Updating Your Advanced Medical Directives, 2017.
• Friends in the City, Philadelphia, PA. Having the Death You Hope For: Forces That Compromise End of Life Decisions, 2017.
• First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA. Avoiding Suffering by Accepting Your Mortality, 2017.
• St. John’s Meadows Retirement Community, Rochester, NY. The Ins and Outs of Advanced Medical Directives: Some Things You May Not Know, 2017.
• Syracuse Veterans Administration Department of Psychiatry, Syracuse, NY. Existential Fear, Conversation Anxiety, and Flawed Decision Making, 2017.
• Positive Aging International Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Positive Aging and Planning for End of Life, 2018.
• City of Greenport, Peconic Landing, NY. Four Short Videos That Could Change Your Life, 2018.
• Camden Hospital, Camden, ME. Decision Making And ‘Having the Conversation’ When the End of Life Is an Issue, 2018.
• Philadelphia LGBT Elder Community, Philadelphia, PA. Empowered End of Life Decision Making: How to Have Your Own Voice When It Really Matters, 2018.
• Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia, PA.  Legal and Psychological Issues in Assisting Clients to Complete Advanced Medical Directives, 2018.
• Life Planning Network Webinar. The Final Life Plan… It’s Harder Than You Think, 2018
• OLLI Temple, Philadelphia, PA. For Mastering the Art of Senior Living, Your Final Act: Mastering Your End, 2018.
• OLLI Temple, Philadelphia, PA. For Mastering the Art of Senior Living, Effective Advocacy for End of Life, 2018.
• First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA. Living an Examined Life: What Matters Most to You, 2018.
• Lathrop Communities, Easthampton and Northampton, MA. Overcoming Obstacles to Your End of Life Plans, 2019.
• Lathrop Communities, Easthampton and Northampton, MA. A series of Four conversations: What matters most to you? 2019.
• Lathrop Communities, Easthampton and Northampton, MA (Zoom presentation). Covid-19, ventilators, and the potential impact on your quality of life, 2020.
•  Mt. Auburn Cemetery Preparing a Covid-19 Directive (11/16/20) Via Zoom 
•  Lathrop Communities, Easthampton and Northampton “Should I prepare a Covid-19 Directive? 1/12/21 Via Zoom: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NSAPOz7PYoSCmkYcFEY1KvsfGniTxxFl/view?usp=sharing 
•  Northampton Neighbors “TAKING CHARGEOF YOUR END OF LIFE PLANNING” 1/22/21 Via Zoom:  https://youtu.be/6XDI2JRs6mI 

• Peterson, Mark FOUR SURPRISING OBSTACLES TO HAVING YOUR VOICE TO THE END OF YOUR LIFE… And How To Overcome Them. May 11, 2021
• This 45 minute presentation was      delivered to a neighborhood group in northwestern Philadelphia, which is oriented towards assisting individuals age in place. The presentation includes videos and many examples from Dr. Peterson’s extensive experience helping individuals with end of life health care planning.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UUAXgRYnvA 
• Preparing for the EMTs.  Presentations offered in June 2021 at two Lathrop Campuses focused on what document to prepare and how to package them.
• In the Fall of 2022 I started a 6 month series entitled "Being Mortal Mondays" at the Lathrop Community.  Once a month I present a topic which often includes a video on a particular topic.  Here are two listed below:

              "Being Mortal" included  a viewing of the Front Line presentation followed by                                                                                                                                                 

             a discussion about moraltity.                                                

             A second program focused on Alzheimer's Disease and how to understand

             and respond to it. 

• In February and March we focused on "Having the Conversations" viewing videos that exemplify good communication about end of life choices.
• And on April 3rd we will look at end of life choices and the laws that enable or restrict a person's right to die.

• January 2023 I began offering a five week course entitled "Having Your Voice to the End  of Your Life.  It concluded March 13, 2023.