Speaker ~ Organizational and Clinical Psychologist~ Workshop Facilitator
End-of-Life Consultant ~ Storyteller
Dr. Bateman is known for her engaging and entertaining presenting style. Her research interests include leadership and communication, humor, end-of life issues, and technologically mediated relationships. She has delivered many notable keynote addresses, including: How to be more comfortable in uncomfortable conversations, There's a fox under my bed and pixie dust in my hair, The Psychology of Humor, and Organizational Culture through the song lyrics of Bob Marley. She presented a TEDx talk called “Singing Over Bones” and is the author of a book on the same subject called "Crossing the Owl's Bridge: A Guide for Grieving People who Still Love" (Chiron Publications, 2016). Dr. Bateman holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a Depth emphasis, is a M.A.P.S. (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) trained M.D.M.A. assisted therapist and an INELDA (International End of Life Doula Association) trained death doula. She currently serves as the Executive Dean of the Tahoe-Truckee Campus of Sierra College.
End-of-Life Consultant ~ Storyteller
Dr. Bateman is known for her engaging and entertaining presenting style. Her research interests include leadership and communication, humor, end-of life issues, and technologically mediated relationships. She has delivered many notable keynote addresses, including: How to be more comfortable in uncomfortable conversations, There's a fox under my bed and pixie dust in my hair, The Psychology of Humor, and Organizational Culture through the song lyrics of Bob Marley. She presented a TEDx talk called “Singing Over Bones” and is the author of a book on the same subject called "Crossing the Owl's Bridge: A Guide for Grieving People who Still Love" (Chiron Publications, 2016). Dr. Bateman holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a Depth emphasis, is a M.A.P.S. (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) trained M.D.M.A. assisted therapist and an INELDA (International End of Life Doula Association) trained death doula. She currently serves as the Executive Dean of the Tahoe-Truckee Campus of Sierra College.
Winner of the New Generation Indie Book Award for Non-Fiction--Crossing the Owl's Bridge uses the wisdom of worldwide folk tales to demonstrate how to share, ritualize, and transform grief. Each chapter describes psychological tasks as communicated through folk tales, offers stories about others, and provides guidelines for application. The premise is that although we do have to say goodbye to our material relationship, we are also being presented with a chance to say hello to a different type of relationship. Crossing the Owl's Bridge illustrates creative outcomes to mourning that allow one to recognize, contain, release, and yet stay in relationship and keep loving.
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Dr. Bateman earned a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She also holds a Master’s in Psychology, with a specialization in academic research from Humboldt State University. She earned a B.A. in Humanities from Sierra Nevada College.
She has won numerous awards, including Faculty of the Year three times; Sierra Nevada College Outstanding Achievement Award; Sierra College Manager of the Year; Best Boss of Truckee/North Tahoe; Eve Ensler’s International Vagina Warrior Award for outstanding contributions to women’s issues; and the Dean’s Council’s Wisdom Award. Crossing the Owl's Bridge won a New Generation Indie Award for Non-Fiction.
Dr. Bateman has been the Executive Dean of the Tahoe-Truckee Campus of Sierra College for the past 17 years. She regularly facilitates leadership workshops for area managers on Leadership, Communication, and Conflict Resolution. Prior to serving in this position, she was as a full professor at Sierra Nevada College, where she taught 28 different classes in the discipline of Psychology. She was also the Faculty Council Chair, Chair of Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and both Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies Department Chair. She served for five years as a psychotherapist and mediator at Tahoe Women’s Services and Truckee Group, Individual and Family Counseling Center.
Dr. Bateman has spoken at many conventions, including the International Bereavement Conference, Global Conference on Dying and Death, American Association of University Professors, Western Psychology Association, and Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. She delivered a keynote address to the City College of San Francisco and was the featured speaker at the California Community College League Conference.
She resides in Truckee, California.
She has won numerous awards, including Faculty of the Year three times; Sierra Nevada College Outstanding Achievement Award; Sierra College Manager of the Year; Best Boss of Truckee/North Tahoe; Eve Ensler’s International Vagina Warrior Award for outstanding contributions to women’s issues; and the Dean’s Council’s Wisdom Award. Crossing the Owl's Bridge won a New Generation Indie Award for Non-Fiction.
Dr. Bateman has been the Executive Dean of the Tahoe-Truckee Campus of Sierra College for the past 17 years. She regularly facilitates leadership workshops for area managers on Leadership, Communication, and Conflict Resolution. Prior to serving in this position, she was as a full professor at Sierra Nevada College, where she taught 28 different classes in the discipline of Psychology. She was also the Faculty Council Chair, Chair of Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and both Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies Department Chair. She served for five years as a psychotherapist and mediator at Tahoe Women’s Services and Truckee Group, Individual and Family Counseling Center.
Dr. Bateman has spoken at many conventions, including the International Bereavement Conference, Global Conference on Dying and Death, American Association of University Professors, Western Psychology Association, and Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. She delivered a keynote address to the City College of San Francisco and was the featured speaker at the California Community College League Conference.
She resides in Truckee, California.
