About me
When I first started in the business of helping people I worked as an alcohol and drug counselor at a residential treatment facility. I worked with and guided people from very diverse backgrounds. That work has directly applied to my ability to effectively communicate with and support others. After my time as a counselor I co-founded and currently co-own a personal training business that specializes in training folks who are pregnant and postpartum. Becoming a doula seemed like a natural next step as an extension of what I'm already passionate about doing: helping and empowering people.
Certification and training
Certified Labor Doula (2019)
Certified Postpartum & Infant Care Doula (2020)
Certified VBAC Specialist (2021)
Certified Childbirth Educator (2021)
Memberships and affiliations
ProDoula
Traditional Healthcare Worker for the state of Oregon
Specialties
Birth Doula
Birth Support
Birth Trauma
Breastfeeding Support
Building Healthy Communication
Childbirth Education
Evidence-Based Care
Exclusive Pumping/Bottle Feeding
Family Consultation
Grief and Loss
HAES (Health at Every Size) Approach
Health Coach
High-Risk Pregnancy
Home Birth
Infant Care
Keeping Fit
Labor Doula
LGBTQ+
Life Transitions
Loss and Bereavement Doula
Midwife Support
Motivational Interviewing
Multiples
Natural Birth
Natural Childbirth
Newborn Care
Overnight Newborn Care
Parenting
Parenting Support
Pelvic Pain
Perinatal and Infant Loss
Positive Thinking
Postpartum Care
Postpartum Doula Care
Postpartum Life
Pregnancy Loss
Premature Infants
Prenatal Life
Prenatal Yoga
Pre/Post Natal Pain and Weakness
Preventative Care
Returning to work (pumping, breastmilk storage, etc)
Safety
Self-Esteem
Support during Labor, Birth, and Postpartum
Support in Pregnancy Loss
Toddlers
Urinary Incontinence
Water birth
Well-Woman Care
Yoga
Service introduction
I offer emotional, physical and educational support for pregnant clients and families during pregnancy, labor and the postpartum period.