Training: Exploring Death and Dying through Conversation

Portals & Passages:
Exploring Death and Dying Through Conversation
A 3-Hour Experiential Training for Mental Health Providers, Space-Holders & Curious Seekers
Death is not the end of the conversation.
It’s where some of the most meaningful conversations begin.
Join us for a unique, experiential training designed to help you host open, non-clinical dialogues about death and dying. Grounded in the wisdom of community-based models like Death Cafés and hospice care, this gathering offers tools, structure, and soulful presence to guide others in speaking the unspeakable.
🧭 In This Training, You Will:

• Learn to host non-clinical death-aware spaces
• Understand the difference between groups for grief and for curiosity
• Practice leading real conversations in supportive triads

📅 Date: July 2, 2025
🕒 Time: 2-5PM
📍 Location: RSVP for address
💵 Fee: Donation requested for snacks
🎟️ Register: Catherine.Harris@ABOMentalHealth.com
Who Should Attend?
Therapists • Coaches • Psychedelic Practitioners • End-of-Life Doulas • Chaplains • Artists • Anyone drawn to explore mortality with openness and care.
Facilitator:
Dr. Catherine Harris, Psy.D.
Licensed Psychologist • Psychedelic-Informed Therapist • Suicidology Specialist
🌀 “Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every passing moment. She is the secret teacher hiding in plain sight.”
— Frank Ostaseski, from The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
Come learn how to hold space where truth, tenderness, and transformation meet.