Services

Individual Consulting

One on one conversational meetings. We will discuss grief, mourning, and bereavement as it applies to your individual circumstances. Can be helpful in planning for future events, processing past events, and examining one’s relationship to these kinds of changes within the self.

  • Initial Intake Session
    • 60+ minutes, $100
  • Continued Consultation Sessions
    • 60 minutes, $60

Group Consulting

Group style conversational meetings with two or more family members, friends, or cohorts. We will discuss grief, mourning, and bereavement as it applies to your individual circumstances, as well as how it influences the group relationships. Can be helpful in planning for future events, processing past events, and examining one’s relationship to these kinds of changes in a social support network.

  • Initial Intake Session
    • 90+ minutes, $150
  • Continued Consultation Sessions
    • 75 minutes, $90

Classes

A selection of seminars available for social or professional settings, geared toward death education and caregiver stress management, with a component of conversational support for death and end of life issues. These classes aim to put conversations about end of life on the community’s mind in hopes of fostering healthier death attitudes in the local population, as well as general society, and support faculty in our caregiver industries.

  • Pricing Based on Facility Needs, Size of Group, and Duration
  • Current Class Offerings:
    • Conscious Communications Series– For anyone interested in expanding their communication skills, especially in the area of grief and loss. Series covers topics such as recognizing Grief Overload, Complicated Grief, and Disenfranchised Grief; cultural aspects of grief and mourning; practical tools for Estate Planning; and more!
    • Individual Classes from the Series:
      • Language of Loss- An exploration of the words we choose and how we use them when talking about death
      • Varied Grief- Special circumstances of bereavement and grief disorders
      • Cultural Perspectives on Death and Dying- How other cultures and religions understand death
      • Paperwork of Dying: Estate Planning Conversations for Families, Clergy, Doctors, and Attorneys- Practical skills for making end of life preparations

Doula Services

Samantha is a trained End of Life Doula through International End of Life Doula Association.

  • INELDA’s three-phase model for end of life doula care was at the heart of the very first hospice-based doula program in the U.S., started by Henry Fersko-Weiss, a co-founder of INELDA.

“The presence of an end-of-life doula helps people “lean into” the pain and fear of the unknown. That frees up space and energy so they can experience the emotions including actual joys that come with death. She (Christy Marek End of Life Doula) said the doula’s experience helping others through death can ease the process for both family and patient.” – Quote from Heathline article, 2018

Learn about doula services, training, and experiences with articles by AARP here , Healthline here, Washington post here , NY Times here.

Learn about INELDA here.

  • Doula Session Package
    • Service for companionship and patient advocacy of terminal patients and their support network. Pricing dependent on patient and client needs and length of professional relationship.
  • Vigil Package
    • Service for sitting vigil in the days and hours leading up to a death. Samantha will work with a dying person and their support network to create an individualized vigil plan and honor the best interests of facilitating a good death. Initial $200 for vigil plan only; total $700-$1,300 for keeping vigil with support network, based on number of days on call