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In the ups and downs of life transitions, Good Grief Doula stands as a companion, offering education, community engagement, and creativity when it is most needed.
Bereavement can be an isolating experience, but it doesn’t have to be. As a Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker (Kathryn "Kat" Primeau, ASW #140176, supervised by an LPCC #21190), Certified Grief Educator, and End-of-Life Specialist, Kat is trained to provide support while addressing and honoring the myriad emotions and expressions of grief.
It is never too late to address a loss, and no grief is too big or small to warrant exploration and integration. Specific areas of experience include parent loss, anticipatory loss, dementia, chronic illness, disability, pregnancy loss, abortion, pet loss, death by suicide, death by overdose, multiple losses, and loss due to Covid-19.
Visit Therapy on Fig to learn more about psychotherapy with Kat, available in-person, in home, and virtually to residents of California.
Let’s talk logistics for the biggest events of your lifetime!
Allow Good Grief to assist with ritual creation, event planning, and event hosting. Together we’ll reflect on your values, beliefs, and wishes and come up with a plan that honors your unique experiences. Build bridges with deceased loved ones using creativity and bespoke grief integrations.
This service is especially appropriate for folks who are planning weddings, vigils, celebrations of life, funerals, living funerals, burials, ash spreading, and Zoom or online memorials.
Do you need to downsize? Have you inherited more than you can handle? Whether you’re packing your bags for your final destination (often referred to as Swedish Death Cleaning or “döstädning”), or addressing the belongings of the deceased, you deserve a helping hand who understands.
We’ll explore systems of sustainable organization and consider your current needs, whether you are Death cleaning (pre-need service) or grief cleaning (after a loved ones death). We may collaborate on a legacy project or artful gifting process, finding opportunities to part with personal objects as an extended celebration of life! Together we’ll honor earthly belongings and find ways to leave a lighter footprint.
The Good Grief Doula can also be your Last Wish Bitch™, providing emotional support, music curation, and gentle companionship at the end of life. It is an honor to provide respite for caregivers and tend to the non-medical needs of the dying. Allow yourself a discreet extra set of eyes and ears at the bedside, with the flexibility to run errands and provide comforting presence for your constellation of loved ones. Good Grief Doula can also connect you with the local Threshold Choir to provide live music for the dying.
Americans are notorious for being a death-phobic society but that is changing. Many of us are out here spreading Death Positivity - and you can too! Allow Good Grief to provide resources, community workshops, creativity, and grief and loss education so that death becomes less of a rumor and more of an empowered action. Reach out to schedule a Good Grief presentation for your organization, join the mailing list to hear about upcoming community events, and learn more via the Good Grief blog or Instagram.
As a grief doula, I am a companion who assists with the preparation for and experiencing of grief, death, and end-of-life for all beings. I am trained and certified to provide holistic, personalized, non-medical care, emotional support, and guidance so you and your constellation can make informed decisions. While I do not have all the answers, I am committed to consistently showing up for you and helping you along your way.
I’m kinda awesome, but if I’m not capable of providing you with the support you require, I’d be happy to refer you to someone else. To schedule a free consultation, please reach out.