Services – Together Forward

“We’re all just walking each other home.”

Ram Dass

Initial Consultation

This time together allows you to discern if I can indeed be of service to you, and offers me opportunity to gather your information and understand what you are asking for in me.

My Grief services are available as:

Peer-to-Peer: Parent Loss, Sibling Loss, Spousal Loss Anticipatory Grief, Early Grief, Sudden Death, Complicated Grief, Delayed Grief

Place to Purge: ER, Oncology doctors and staff

My Doula services are available for:

Those who simply wish to plan ahead should they find themselves in crisis down the road Those who have recently been given a life-changing diagnosis Those who are nearing the end of their lives here

Complimentary (30 minutes - 1 hour)

Grief & Mourning

At its core, to guide, or coach, is a relationship designed to help you move forward. It is a conversation between two people that evokes a thoughtful and creative platform for success.

As a Certified Grief Educator I will compassionately support and companion you through the meandering journey of grief and mourning. This partnership can diminish the feeling of being alone in what can be the confusion of loss.

For ER, Oncology doctors and Nurses, you know the toll your jobs take on your body and you likely find time to frequently workout. I have no doubt you also know the toll it takes on your emotions. Whether you bottle it up or take it home to those who love you, consider perhaps also taking a few minutes for yourself on a regular manner with someone who is not otherwise part of your life.

For loved ones, the death of someone close, changes us. Sometimes we need to keep the grief at arm’s length for a while. At some point though, we have to do the hard, and perhaps scary, work of grief. It’s only in this way we can learn to give it a space beside us as we live forward with it.

Grief of loss can also show up as a life-changing diagnosis, even when the prognosis is very positive. Undergoing cancer treatment not only affects us physically, it weighs on us emotionally and spiritually. The process alone is disturbing, painful and exhausting. Many suffer PTSD from the trauma of undergoing treatments and all that those entail.

I offer guidance and a unique, judgement-free space to be raw and messy, furious and lost, all that you need to be.

$100 p/h

Life Review & Vigil Planning

Coming face to face with one’s mortality often creates a time of deep reflection that can evolve into the creation of something tangible to represent our life. During this time of Life Review, you may also realize you want to resolve a conflict, perhaps through forgiveness of one’s self or another person. You may discover profound gratitude, and long to reach out for deep connection with certain people. Maybe what is happening in your present life is of utmost importance.

Planning your unique Vigil is the opportunity to design your final space. What would you love to be looking at or hearing, smelling or touching? Who do you want near you? Who do you not want to be with you? Are there rituals or celebrations you might wish for, to take place during and after your death?

Initial visit to hear your story and what matters most
Explore your life to bring meaning & awareness of the impact left
Development of a personal Vigil Plan
Follow your ongoing progress routinely
Initiate your Vigil Plan when death is near
Creation of ritual to mark the beginning and ending of each visit

$600(6 1-hour sessions)

Add-On Sessions

- Continue Life Review and Deeper Meaning Sessions $100 p/h

- Give you or your family additional respite care $100 p/h

- NTD - Nurturing Touch for the Dying:

This collection of techniques was developed by Elizabeth Erbrecht to be used specifically to physically connect with those ill or dying…to soothe both the body and the soul. $100 p/h

Letter Writing

I will return after dictation sessions with printed versions of letters ready for your signature. I can then mail them or distribute them to your loved ones at a later date $100 p/h

Guided Imagery Sessions

This relaxation method is often used to manage emotional anxiety or physical pain. After we have created the script, you may wish to experience our sessions alone or include special individuals. I can also teach anyone you like, to facilitate this technique in my absence. $100 p/h

Also Offering

EOLD support and education for you and your companion animals, from canine to equine. You may wish to simply become prepared for the inevitable as they are aging or need a guide when you are informed of an unexpected illness. I will also help you through the difficult and important journey of euthanasia, before, during and after.