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.

free information session

Learn more in this short video introduction to the Peaceful Presence Co-founders and our range of courses.

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.

nursing contact hours now available!

The Peaceful Presence Project is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP17912 to provide continuing education contact hours:

Our Facilitated Course offers 30 Contact Hours.

Our Self-paced Course offers 24 Contact Hours.

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 2026 facilitated training program

Our facilitated Winter 2026 course ($799) runs from Wednesday, January 7, 2026 to February 25, 2026. The course materials open to enrolled students on Wednesday, December 31 2025 so that you will have a full week of learning prior to our first live zoom session together.

Additional details:

The required Live Zoom sessions will take place on Wednesday afternoons from 12:00 pm noon - 1:30 PM Pacific Time Zone during weeks 1, 3, 5 and 8 of the program. You will begin your studies on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 with Module #1, so you have a full week of learning prior to our first live zoom session together on Wednesday, January 7th, 2026 . Live Zoom Sessions will take place on 1/7, 1/21, 2/4 and 2/25, 2026. 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 either 6/7, based upon self-scheduling within your small group. 

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN IN EARLY DECEMBER 2025. QUESTIONS OR WANT TO BE NOTIFIED ABOUT OUR NEXT FACILITATED COURSE? PLEASE EMAIL US AT info@thepeacefulpresenceproject.org

*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.

SPRING 2026 facilitated training program

Our facilitated Spring 2026 course ($799) will run from Wednesday, April 1, 2026 to Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The course materials open to enrolled students on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 so that you will have a full week of learning prior to our first live zoom session together on 4/1/26. SPRING ENROLLMENT WILL OPEN IN EARLY MARCH.

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.