Death DoulaDiploma Course

Death is life’s only certainty, yet many face it alone, afraid, or without support. This 10-Module CPD-accredited course introduces the role of a death doula: a calm, compassionate companion who offers presence and care during life’s final chapter.

This holistic online end-of-life doula course explores how to offer emotional and spiritual support, uphold dignity, and help create meaningful end-of-life experiences. Whether this is a personal calling, a professional interest, or a path of deeper understanding, it offers valuable insight into providing holistic, non-clinical support at the end of life.

What You’ll Learn:

• The history, evolution, cultural context, and modern role of death doulas.
• Ways to offer non-clinical emotional and spiritual support to individuals and families.
• How to navigate conversations about death, dying, belief, and legacy.
• Approaches to creating personalised end-of-life plans rooted in dignity and choice.
• Designing and leading meaningful death rituals or ceremonies.
• How to hold space for grief with compassion and presence.
• Strategies for emotional self-care and maintaining healthy boundaries.
• How to explore the end-of-life doula role as a community-based or supportive practice.

Please note: This course is for educational and continuing professional development (CPD) purposes only. It does not provide a medical, counselling, or therapy qualification and does not permit clinical practice.