As a death doula trained through IAP, I am dedicated to supporting individuals and their loved ones through the sacred transition of death.  With a deep understanding of the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of end-of-life care, I provide holistic support tailored to each person's unique journey.  My experience in hospice nursing has equipped me with the skills to offer comfort, companionship, and advocacy, ensuring that individuals can navigate this final chapter with dignity, peace, and surrounded by love.  It is an honor to walk alongside those facing the end of life.  

I am located out of Melrose, MA, serving the greater Boston area and available for virtual services as well.  I can be contacted at DeathDoulaKristina@gmail.com to set up a free initial consultation.  

Katherine T Topazio RN BSN

Nurse, Teacher, Manager, End-of-life Doula, and Founder of Such Is Life Death Doula Services. Graduate of Villanova University - Psychology; Nursing, certifications as Nurse Educator, Palliative/Hospice Trainer, and End-of-Life Doula. Nurse for over 37 years.

Career-long experiences holding space for others during life’s transition led me to become an End-of-Life Doula. I realize that there is no place so lonely as the one we occupy when faced with losses of any kind. Learning to be present for others without judgment or preconceived notions honors and respects a life lived. Support can be very important for identifying, acknowledging, and honoring end-of-life wishes. “Being willing to walk alongside another person on whatever journey they’re on…” (Plett, 2015) makes a difference for everyone. Creating space for someone else’s experiences and ensuring a safe environment allows for grieving well and proper closure. I believe that Such is Life can provide these much-needed services. Certified EOL Doula through the Conscious Dying Institute.

Contact information; 774 244 7120
Email; Suchislifedds@gmail.com Website; https://www.sildeathdoula.com/

Juanita is a Death Doula certified through IAP. She looks to work with people by bringing ceremony and tradition to everyday life in a holistic practice that supports, the mind, body, and spirit. An herbalist, drawing on ancestral practices of both Curanderismo and Celtic Shamanism, a range of healing and comfort modalities are offered.

Juanita looks to work with her clients to find a path that allows them to move through life’s stages as they manage both joy and sorrow. Clients are not limited to people, Juanita, who believes all things have an energetic essence, offers services for our animal and plant kingdoms who equally deserved to be honored. Living Funerals, Legacy projects, Grief Ceremonies, Ancestral work, are some of the services offered.

Located in Hampden, Massachusetts; services offered locally and online. Juanita’s email is hiddenhollowholistics@gmail.com or services can be reached through https://lnk.bio/thehealinghollow

Elisa Greco

I am an EOL Doula, certified through Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont and Co-founder of Grateful Action LLC. I Warmly offer companion care, support, and comfort at the End-of-Life. I help people navigate through this time with knowledge, patience and innovative concepts that benefit my clients and their loved ones. I provide understanding, respite and effective methods that deliver clarity, serenity, and integrity. I help people continue to enjoy as many moments as their life will allow, by becoming an extension of them. I offer services throughout the North Shore, Massachusetts.  

Please call 857-204-8250 or visit my website at www.Gratefulactionllc.com for more information.

My name is Joanne Trask.  I am a certified Death Doula having received my certification from IAP Career College in 2021.  I practice in the MetroWest area of Massachusetts.  My purpose is to offer individuals, and their families, non-judgmental compassionate care and support in whatever way is best for that person and the family.  I can assist with empowerment through informed decision-making, legacy planning, sitting vigil, respite services, holistic care, and with emotional, logistical, and physical support; in addition to researching and providing resources and referrals for services I cannot provide. 

I can be reached via phone:  781-366-1735 or email: jotrask42@gmail.com  Please feel free to email or call if you would like more information or to explore how I may be able to help you or someone you know.  Sending love and light to you and yours.

My name is Dina Stander. I am a Massachusetts-based end of life navigator and founder of the Northeast Death Care Collaborative. I earned Doula certification from the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. My work is to support dying people and their families and friends as they learn and practice new care-giving skills. I can help you clarify what dying well will mean for you and for your loved ones; provide resources and referral; help you prioritize needs and goals; and be your companion on the path. I am also a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant and burial shroud maker. I offer support that makes a difference. Please visit my website at www.dinastander.com.

 I am Karen Pratt, owner and end-of-life doula at Elder Tree Doula, LLC. I felt called to become an end-of-life doula during the COVID pandemic, after more than thirty years as a teacher, librarian, and writer. I completed my End-of-Life Doula Training at the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine and left teaching to begin my own doula practice. 

    In addition to certifications from UVM as both an End-of-Life Doula and Companion Animal End-of-Life Doula, I am a Level II Reiki practitioner. My mission is to build a compassionate community of care for individuals and their families who are facing terminal illness and death. I seek to empower my clients by supporting their personal choices, providing resources, and attending to the emotional, practical, and spiritual care of the dying and their families.

    I am located on the Massachusetts South Shore and provide in-person services throughout southeastern Massachusetts. I offer free initial consultations, which you can book through my website or via email.

www.eldertreedoula.com
(617) 513-5083 kbpratt@eldertreedoula.com

I am an End of Life Doula, trained through the International End of Life Doula Association. As an End of Life Doula, I am a companion of the dying and the bereaved, an active participant in their journey, and provide emotional and spiritual support. I provide many services, such as:
- Assist in organizing and planning around death, such as power of attorney, advanced directives, wills, finances, funeral arrangements, etc…
- Educate and guide individuals and their families in decision making processes such as VSED, declining or stopping of life sustaining treatment, pain and symptom management, and palliative sedation.
- Provide services such as deep active listening and structured life review, planning and orchestrating rituals, vigil planning/vigil sitting, legacy projects, guided imagery, Reiki, music therapy in the form of crystal singing bowls, respite care for families, and using feng shui techniques to organize the room to better serve the dying, family, and medical team.
- Assist in planning for death before illness is present.
- Organize and host Death Cafes. This is a safe space where anyone can come and freely speak on death (experiences, grief, fears, etc...) without the fear of being judged and even meet some like-minded friends along the way.

Though we all deserve a good life, we are all more deserving of a good death. Through my services, I strive to help you find what "the perfect ending" looks like for you.

Serving Massachusetts and the greater New England area (also assisting virtually).

Please visit my website: https://lightatendoflife.wixsite.com
OR
Contact me via email: LightatEndofLife@gmail.com