FAQ

A death doula is a support person who provides non judgemental, non-medical, holistic services to those wishing to have more support around death and dying. As a death doula, I educate and empower individuals to make decisions about their own end of life care so they feel seen and held in their choices. I also support families and caregivers by guiding and demonstrating care for the dying and providing resources and coordinating care to make sure peoply feel as resourced as possible. My range of services is wide because there is no one way to death doula, and death and dying support can look a lot of different ways for folks.

I am a trained death doula with a deep well of personal experience in addition to educational and professional credentials. I do not provide any medical support or professional caregiving for the end of life, but I often work alongside hospices or other care teams and can help guide individuals and families in caring for their loved ones, incluiing helping identify professional caregivers and caregiving agencies.

No! Death work is also life work, and I love working with people who are planners, want to explore their own relationship to mortality, or who are just curious about learning more about the end of life process. I also work with family members/support people who have a loved one who is dying or has recently died.

I unfortunately can not bill insurance at this time. My services are on a sliding scale in order to remain accessible to my community, which means I allow people to self determine what they are able to pay within the designated price range.

For a full price list of my services, please contact me.

I have extensive training in Medical-aid-in-dying (Death with Dignity), and focus my work on LGBTQ+ community in EOL care and bereavement support.

Nope! While I do focus my scope of practice on uplifting and supporting the LGBTQ+ community, I work with all different kinds of folks and appreciate it greatly when allies support my work.

Our relationship to grief has been intentionally disconnected from community by dominant society and I am here to change that! It’s important to me that people who work with me know that I’m not a licensed therapist, but a grief-trained professional, community member and fellow griever who is passionate about providing grief care in sustainable, connective and collaborative ways. My work is similar to counseling and I work with individuals, families, small groups, businesses and through my larger community project, Queer Grief Club.