My Training

​I have specialized training/experience in the following areas:

• Expected stillbirth
• LGBTQP families
• Single parents
• Survivors of previous life trauma
• ​Survivors of childhood sexual abuse
• Teens

​Special services I offer:

• Acupressure
• Bereavement doula (pregnancy & infant loss)
• End of Life doula services
• Military families
• Miscarriage support (before, during, after)
• Mother Blessing celebrations
• Surrogates and Intended Parents
• Abortion support

​DONA International Doula Training, 2015

• 26 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
• Thorough overview of how to support families during pregnancy, birth, & postpartum, including DONA's Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics

Lamaze Childbirth Educator Seminar, 2017 

• 25 CEUs
• Strategies to teach families and professionals evidence-based information regarding pregnancy, birth, & postpartum

Still Birth Day Doula Training, 2017
This instruction guides doulas to help when families may be:

• experiencing birth
• enduring bereavement
• facing any event where birth & bereavement may meet

​Acupressure Training, 2017

• Acumassage Therapy Center
• 8 CEUs
• Integrating acupressure comfort measures into practice for labor support & postpartum care

Psychological First Aid Online, 2017

• 6 CEs
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE)

• Rigorous, proctored NCCA Exam
• Click here to see the Knowledge and Skills of an LCCE