Train to be a Compassionate Community Presence

Our work is founded upon the Compassionate Community Model of Care. We offer a variety of online courses to prepare interested individuals with the practical skills and strategies to confidently and competently show up for others who are facing serious and terminal illness.

Self-paced and facilitated options

Our Professional Presence End of Life Doula Training goes further into the skills and strategies to offer end of life doula support in a professional role. We offer this training both as a self-paced, or as an 8-week facilitated training with our Peaceful Presence faculty. The facilitated version of our professional training is intentionally limited to 20 participants per cohort to create an opportunity for connection, community building and peer support.

• The Self-Paced, 8-Module Training ($599) is available on-demand year-round. Click here to register.

• The 8-Week Facilitated Training with The Peaceful Presence Project Staff ($799) is offered seasonally. Additional details about our next facilitated training programs can be found below.

• Partial scholarships for both the Self-Paced and 8-Week Facilitated training programs are available. Please email info@thepeacefulpresenceproject.org for details.

facilitated end of life doula training programs

Each of our 8-Week Facilitated Cohorts includes 4 live community Zoom sessions led by Peaceful Presence faculty. Participants also engage in at least 3 small group meetups, which are a required component of the program. Throughout the course, you'll complete ongoing case study assignments, participate in online discussion board conversations, and reflect through personal journaling prompts.

WINTER 2025 facilitated training program

Our facilitated winter course ($799) runs from January 15th to March 5th, 2025. The course materials open to enrolled students on January 8th, 2025. 

The Live Zoom sessions will take place on Wednesday afternoons from 12:00pm noon - 1:30 PM PST during weeks 1, 3, 5 and 8 of the program. Zoom sessions are scheduled for the following dates : January 15th, January 29th, February 12th, and March 5th. You will begin your studies on Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 with Module #1, so and you have a full week of learning prior to our first live zoom session together on January 15th. In addition to these full student cohort + faculty facilitated live zoom meetings, you will also be required to meet in small groups in weeks 2, 4 and 6, based upon self-scheduling within your small group.

WINTER 2025 COHORT IS NOW FULL. Email info@thepeacefulpresenceproject.org to be added to waitlist. Our next Facilitated Cohort will take place in Spring 2025.
*Note: The facilitated version of our professional training is intentionally limited to 20 participants per cohort to create an opportunity for connection, community building and peer support.

QUESTIONS? PLEAE EMAIL US AT info@thepeacefulpresenceproject.org

compassionate presence workshop series

Available on-demand: Our “Compassionate Presence” Workshops ($99) provide an overview of the Self, Other, and Systems perspective of deathcare in the United States. In this self-paced, pre-recorded workshop series, you will learn the background, foundation and basic skillset to come alongside someone and offer knowledgeable guidance in improving the way they face illness.

• Please note that this 3 part workshop series is embedded into our 8 part Professional Presence End of Life Doula Training, so if you plan to take our 8 part Professional Presence Training it is not necessary to also take this 3 part workshop series.

free information session

We invite you to learn more in our FREE preview of the courses, on the Thinkific online platform, register by clicking below.