Online Death Doula Training & End-of-Life Care Programs

Our Comprehensive Certification Pathway

End-of-Life Doula Certification

Build a comprehensive foundation through online death doula training and certification, with practical tools and reflective learning for non-medical support, planning, communication, vigil, grief, legacy, and family care.

Interactive, reflective learning that prepares you for real care. Thoughtful prompts, practical scenarios, and personally reviewed assignments help you build skills and confidence. You’ll gain scripts, tools, and downloadable resources to support people and families with clarity and compassion.

Choose the honor-based tuition level that reflects your circumstances. Every option includes the complete program, certification pathway, resources, and lifetime access.

See what’s included

• 28 expert-led video modules
• Interactive doula guidebook
• Practical resource companion
• Downloadable tools, forms & worksheets
• Vigil planning and bedside presence skills
• Life review and advance care conversations
• Grief support and cultural humility frameworks
• Business guidance included

Certification & graduate support

Earn your IEOLCA Certified End-of-Life Doula Credential.

Complete the three phase assignments, along with the IEOLCA Code of Ethics and Scope of Practice. Your submitted work is personally reviewed, with thoughtful feedback along the way.

• Personalized certificate
• Digital credential badge
• Graduate Resource Hub access
• Eligibility for the IEOLCA Doula Directory
• No recurring certification fees
• Ongoing access to your training resources

Certification Program

Pet Death Doula Certification

Learn to support companion animals and the people who love them through declining health, quality-of-life conversations, euthanasia, ritual, legacy, and remembrance. Our pet loss support training brings practical tools and reflective learning to grief and end-of-life care within a compassionate non-medical scope.

From a 25-year Pet Professional ★★★★★

“IEOLCA has deepened my relationship with life, aging and death. As a 25 year pet professional and life coach, I was searching for a program that offered support for both people and animals. The pet death doula and human death doula certifications from IEOLCA far exceeded my expectations! My heart has grown wider and happier from being connected with this amazing community!!”

Choose full tuition or self-selected 50% tuition support. Both options include the complete training, resources, lifetime access, and IEOLCA Pet Death Doula certification, certificate, and digital badge upon meeting the program requirements.

See what’s included

• 8 guided video modules
• Printable pet doula guidebook
• Home comfort planners & advance care tools
• Grief referral resources
• Euthanasia decision support skills
• Ritual creation & legacy keepsake guidance
• Supporting children & older adults through pet loss
• Quality-of-life assessment tools

Training Program

Dementia & Memory Care Doula Training

Learn person-centered approaches to dementia support, communication, caregiver strain, ambiguous loss, identity, quality of life, and end-of-life presence.

Choose full tuition or self-selected 50% tuition support. Both options include the complete training, resources, completion materials, and lifetime access.

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• 8 in-depth modules
• Integrated guidebook & tools
• Validation-based communication skills
• Caregiver burnout recognition & support
• Ambiguous loss frameworks
• Quality-of-life planning tools
• Identity continuity guidance
• Final-phase presence skills

Training Program

Medical Aid in Dying Doula Support Program

Build confidence in non-medical support around MAiD, AID, VAD, PAD, and VSED through ethical grounding, family preparation, day-of presence, aftercare, and professional collaboration.

Choose full tuition or self-selected 50% tuition support. Both options include the complete training, resources, completion materials, and lifetime access.

See what’s included

• 8 interactive modules
• Instructional videos & guidebook
• Conversation scripts & checklists
• Family meeting & preparation tools
• Environment, ritual & legacy planning
• Day-of presence & aftercare guidance
• Scope, ethics & professional collaboration
• Global terminology & legal-context overview

Practical Course - For Trained Doulas

Business Essentials for Death Doulas

Turn your doula training into a thoughtful, sustainable practice with guidance on services, pricing, boundaries, client communication, outreach, and everyday systems. Open to doulas trained anywhere.

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• 5 step-by-step instructional modules
• 145-page business guidebook
• Intake forms & service agreements
• Invoicing templates
• Networking checklists
• Intro email scripts
• First-steps roadmap
• Weekly workflow planner

Focused Course

Cultural, Religious & Spiritual Rituals at End of Life

Approach religious, cultural, spiritual, secular, and family-created rituals with humility. Build respectful inquiry skills and practical awareness of what matters to each person and family.

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• 8 in-depth modules
• Modeled inquiry language
• Bedside ritual literacy frameworks
• Religious, Indigenous & secular traditions
• Scope and ethics guidance
• Reflection prompts across traditions
• Sacred space holding skills
• Family dynamics & disagreement support