conscious deathcare | doula services
Dedicated to serving the dying and the dead
> Emotional, spiritual and practical end-of-life care, support and education
> Companion and advocate for those in the final hours or days of life
> Honoring sustainable eco-conscious death practices
> Empowering families to care for their dead in a personal and meaningful way
As a certified deathcare professional and full service doula, I'm committed to offering comprehensive support and a range of services designed to help make the dying, death and mourning process more meaningful for all involved.
serving individuals & families
The death journey is an intimate and powerful time. By consciously engaging in the process, we are in essence reclaiming our personal relationship with mortality and can experience the dying process in a more conscious way, and as a natural completion at the end of life. My role is distinguishable from that of a funeral director or arranger as my focus is on encouraging family-led planning and caretaking of the body, as opposed to having another direct the proceedings.
Serving as amicus mortis, your friend in death.
As a certified deathcare professional and full service doula, I'm committed to offering comprehensive support and a range of services designed to help make the dying, death and mourning process more meaningful for all involved.
serving individuals & families
- who are healthy, clear and objective
- newly diagnosed with a terminal illness
- actively dying
- facing a loss
- looking to create a non-traditional personalized/thematic service
The death journey is an intimate and powerful time. By consciously engaging in the process, we are in essence reclaiming our personal relationship with mortality and can experience the dying process in a more conscious way, and as a natural completion at the end of life. My role is distinguishable from that of a funeral director or arranger as my focus is on encouraging family-led planning and caretaking of the body, as opposed to having another direct the proceedings.
Serving as amicus mortis, your friend in death.
Doula Services | Deathcare in the Gulf/Vancouver Island Area & *Midcoast Maine
end of life planning
2hr consult | $200
death vigil support
2 4hr home visits & on call support | $800
mourning support & advocacy
2 4hr home visits | $800
available for home stay & overnights
options consultation
2hr consult | $200
home funeral guidance
2 4hr home visits | $800
home funeral baskets available
post loss bereavement coaching
2 hr session & weekly email support over 3 weeks | $200
re-organizing & personal effects management
2 hr session & weekly email support over 3 weeks | $200
add-on services
hourly rates apply
holistic therapy services
Energy healing, massage and yoga are helpful for those undergoing upheaval and stress during a time of loss and change.
- documents consultation | advance directive, living will, DNR
- options | funeral, memorial & disposition
- outline final wishes
- coaching & education
- emotional support & advocacy
- preparing for "the conversation"
2hr consult | $200
death vigil support
- supporting & assisting those at home, in the hospital & in hospice
- create a life review
- physical & emotional care at the end of life
- death vigil | comforting the dying in their final hours
- companionship & advocacy
2 4hr home visits & on call support | $800
mourning support & advocacy
- support as a family makes their way through the moments following death
- safe & sacred space for the family to grieve during the mourning period
- accompanying the family as they make arrangements, ensuring they remain on task & within budget
- administrative & concierge support
2 4hr home visits | $800
available for home stay & overnights
options consultation
- funeral & memorial options, themed ceremony
- disposition | cremation, bio-cremation, traditional, natural and alternative burial options
- cost saving tips
- required paperwork & permits
- coaching support
- local resources and service providers
2hr consult | $200
home funeral guidance
- support leading up to and through the home funeral & viewing
- support hosting a home funeral
- personalized/thematic ceremony & funeral/memorial service
- guidance & assistance washing & dressing the body
- education | closing the eyes and jaw, rigor mortis, dry ice safety
2 4hr home visits | $800
home funeral baskets available
post loss bereavement coaching
- coaching support following a loss
- navigating complex emotions
- moving forward & next steps
- reconnecting with dreams
2 hr session & weekly email support over 3 weeks | $200
re-organizing & personal effects management
- creative organizational solutions
- coaching & lifestyle organizing tactics
- focus on honoring the memory of the deceased
- support in managing, sorting & releasing material artifacts after a loss
2 hr session & weekly email support over 3 weeks | $200
add-on services
- administrative | task & errand support
- concierge
- craft based services | memorial collages, scrapbooks, slideshows
hourly rates apply
holistic therapy services
Energy healing, massage and yoga are helpful for those undergoing upheaval and stress during a time of loss and change.
Rates
Rates are set per package with add-on services at $100 per hourly rate. For those in need, sliding scale rates apply.
A free initial consultation is available in-home or studio or by phone, skype or email.
FMI | contact
Sylvia Elysiana, holistic therapist & death doula
tel: 250.650.1168
email: [email protected]
* At this time, only remote/distance sessions (via phone or Skype) apply to Maine residents.
Rates are set per package with add-on services at $100 per hourly rate. For those in need, sliding scale rates apply.
A free initial consultation is available in-home or studio or by phone, skype or email.
FMI | contact
Sylvia Elysiana, holistic therapist & death doula
tel: 250.650.1168
email: [email protected]
* At this time, only remote/distance sessions (via phone or Skype) apply to Maine residents.