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.