I’m an INELDA-trained death doula offering services from accompanying the dying to facilitating conversations about mortality and/or end-of-life planning.

Death Doula Services

  • Direct Death Work

    If you or a loved one have recently received a terminal diagnosis, it’s a good time to consider a death doula. For a fuller description of what a death doula can provide, visit this link.

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  • Conversation Facilitation

    I’m passionate about facilitating conversations about death and dying at any stage of life. Acknowledging and confronting the reality of our mortality can help us live our lives to the fullest for as long as we’re here.

  • Ritual Design

    Rituals have been critical to human experience for thousands of years and are particularly important in times of transition. Whether you’re looking for a ritual for grief, death, or another moment, I love working with people to create—and if desired, help facilitate—rituals.

  • End-of-Life Planning Assistance

    While a lawyer is needed for certain documentation, a death doula can help with discussing your end-of-life wishes. It’s never too early to consider and document your wishes, and they can and should be revisited periodically to ensure they’re up to date and reflect your desires and values.

Contact Me

In addition to my training as a death doula, I’ve also trained as a spiritual care provider through a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education and through traditional means. I’ve had the privilege of working as a chaplain in hospice, long-term physical rehabilitation, and infusion & chemotherapy, and of volunteering at an assisted living facility focusing on dementia care.

These experiences, in combination with my education—especially in bioethics—and my own experience as a chronically-ill person, have given me a great appreciation for the enormity of transitions and the privilege of being invited into those moments.

Whether you’re seeking a death doula to support you and your loved ones at end-of-life or just looking for someone to talk to about death and grief, it would be an honor to accompany you.