Bereavement Support with Dr. Abigail Jorgensen

March 13, 2024/Victoria Wilson CD(DONA)/Doula Well

Doula: are you prepared when your clients expeirence loss?

With grace, compassion, and skill Dr. Abby Jorgensen offers guidance to birthworkers supporting clients through loss.

When our clients face loss, it can be a shock. What should doulas consider when their clients miscarry? How does support look when a client’s baby receives a fatal diagnosis? How do you process the immediate trauma of a lost heartbeat in the labor room, while still showing up for the family? With grace, compassion, and skill Dr. Abby Jorgensen offers guidance to birthworkers supporting clients through loss. Dr. Abby Jorgensen is a professor of sociology and health care ethics at Saint Louis University in Missouri, USA. She is an expert in family sociology and methods with focuses in health, politics, and culture. Dr. Jorgensen’s credentials include: Ph.D.(Sociology), LCCE, CD(DONA), and CD(ProDoula). Dr. Jorgensen’s first book ‘A Catholic Guide to Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss: Compassionate answers to difficult questions’ is in out April 2024.

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What’s a bereavement doula? – bereavementdoulas.com
A bereavement doula… is someone who supports and holds space for families through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss. An HCBD Haven Certified Bereavement Doula is a professional griefworker and caregiver who supports loss families physically, emotionally, spiritually and philosophically, advocationally, informationally, and socially.

Abby’s first book ‘A Catholic Guide to Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss: Compassionate answers to difficult questions’ debuts in April 2024!

IG: @abbythesociologistdoula

Resources

Doula skills are transferable to bereavement.

‘Caring for Clients through Loss’ class: https://accompaniment.myflodesk.com/caringforclientsthroughloss

Dr. Robin Elise Wiess’s doula training we both took: https://learntobeadoula.com/

Victoria Wilson CD(DONA)

Victoria Wilson CD(DONA) has practiced in Central Kentucky as a birth doula and childbirth educator since 2015. Past clients speak to Victoria's compassion, expertise, and intuition as a birth doula. As creator of The Birth Doula Client Workbook, Victoria has condensed her proven process with her clients into a succinct template for other doulas! She runs thriving social media accounts with the goal of educating and encouraging followers on related topics. Learn more at motherwelldoula.com or join the conversation on Instagram (@motherwelldoula).

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