A Thana doula is a person trained to support people at the end of life, as well as their loved ones. It is a non-medical, inter-spiritual, emotional and organizational accompaniment, in order to better navigate through the taboo and often painful subjects that surround death and bereavement.

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End-of-life support services can begin at any time, not just at the end of life. You can start planning when you're still healthy, or after you've been diagnosed with a terminal illness. You decide when, what and how you want to receive assistance.

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The Thana doula is present to accompany people throughout the end-of-life process, as well as their entourage, in order to help them prepare, inform them about funeral options, help them say their goodbyes. We discuss death, mourning, the stages of passage, in order to alleviate fear, in order to offer a more peaceful and contemplative approach towards this great mystery, tinting it with as much love and peace as possible.

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What a Thana Doula does NOT do:

- Any clinical act

- Make decisions for you

- Projecting my own beliefs

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My services as a Thana doula:

*For more details please consult the Services page for a description of each service

 

• Emotional support: listening with kindness,  release fear, help you identify your options and express your wishes, facilitate communication with those around you or medical teams

• Physical support: loving care, benevolent physical contact, energetic care, helping to create a comfortable and comforting atmosphere, presence when the entourage cannot be there, etc.

• Planning: end of life, legacy projects, funerals, and after emotional support for the beloved ones (information, research, references, applicable laws, and if I want to die at home? etc.)

• Help create meaningful goodbyes: legacy projects, remembrance video, photo album, letters...

• Living funeral

• Funerals: end-of-life photography, funeral photography, being the celebrant of your funeral so that it reflects your image.

• Support for those around you

• Support and guidance for children​

• Plan and organize the wake you want

• Post-death retirement

• Perinatal loss