Counselling is the skilled and principled use of relationship to facilitate self- knowledge, emotional acceptance and growth and the optimal development of personal resources. The overall aim is to provide an opportunity to work towards living more satisfyingly and resourcefully. Counselling relationships will vary according to need but may be concerned with developmental issues, addressing and resolving specific problems, making decisions, coping with crisis, developing personal insights and knowledge, working through feelings of inner conflict or improving relationships with others.

The counsellor’s role is to facilitate the clients work in ways that respect the client’s values, personal resources and capacity for self-determination.
(BACP definition, 1986)

An End of Life Planner and Death Doula is someone that offers education, information, companionship, and support to help you meet death with dignity, grace, and compassion. We can provide emotional, spiritual, and practical support for individuals and their loved ones before, during, and after death.

End of Life Planners and DeathDoulas empower and encourage people and their families to participate in conscious decision making about end of life, and advocate for their expectations and wishes to improve the quality of the end of life journey. As a Death Doula, I DO NOT: Prescribe any treatments, perform any medical or clinical tasks, distribute medication or diagnose, make decisions for my clients, or impose my own beliefs into my client's experience.