End of Life & Afer Death Care Therapy Certificate

CLASSES HELD: AFTER DEATH DOULA IS COMPLETED. 2 SATURDAYS PER MONTH @ 2PM EST, AND USUALLY FOLLOWED BY THE MONDAYS & THURSDAYS OF THOSE 2 SATURDAYS ONLY CHANGED TO OTHER DAYS BASED ON WHEN THE ESBAT OR SABBAT FALLS, THEN IT GOES TO A TUESDAY OR A WEDNESDAY. ESSENTIALLY 6 CLASSES PER MONTH.

COURSE INFORMATION
Certified Course
Accredited Course
51 Modules

ACCREDITATIONS

This End of Life & After Death Care Therapy Certificate Course has been developed to meet high academic standards, ensuring that as a graduate you can display with pride the Death Doula Certificate you will earn from the WFT Academy Of Pagan Studies.

Upon completion of your course assessment and test, you receive a Certificate Of Completion from WFT Academy Of Pagan Studies displaying the number of Continued Professional Development points earned from this Level 3 coursework.

Who Would Benefit from This Course?

The End of Life & After Death Care Therapy Certificate Course deals with how we can better prepare and support those who are coming to the end of their lives, suffering a terminal illness, those who have reached old age, how we take care of them at death’s door and care of the body after they have passed by all means, sudden deaths or deaths by suicide.

This course also helps each of us to understand how life ends, what we can do to support those who are close to passing on and their families, and how we can approach those we love to discuss what we would like to happen when our time comes.

What Will You Learn?

Part of the journey of life is the end. It is something that touches us all at some point, yet we typically do not have the tools to deal with it very well. This course gives training that helps us to better understand the conclusion of life and how to address our thoughts and feelings about it openly and honestly. The aim is that we and our loved ones can enjoy our final days and pass over peacefully – having the support and compassion that is needed during this time.

Talking about our mortality is something that those of us in the modern Western world shy away from. But to provide beneficent end-of-life and after-death counseling and care, as either a professional, family member, or friend, we need to understand why this is. We can then work on opening up a dialogue with those we care for, to ensure their wishes are met and they receive the care and support they want, on their terms. Similarly, this helps us to let those who care for us know what our wishes are when our time comes.

The End of Life & After Death Care Therapy Certificate Course explores our current views on death and how to approach the subject of final wishes – for those of the people we care for and our own lives.

To this end, we look at palliative care and hospice care services, detailing the differences and common misconceptions, what to expect from them, and how end-of-life and after-death care therapy fits into both. We examine the basics of end-of-life and after-death care therapy – exploring how it supports each person’s specific needs, beliefs, and deepest wishes.

The complexity of feelings that are often experienced by those coming to the end of their life and by those who love them. We examine these feelings and take you through Kübler-Ross’s 5 Stages of Grief, (PDF PROVIDED) as well as the different stages of health and dying that end-of-life and after-death care therapy can serve, along with the various ways families need to be supported.

This course takes a look at how you can help people understand the legal options they have when it comes to their health, welfare, and finances at the end of their life. In doing so, it examines ethical issues such as empowering people towards autonomous decision-making and the benefits of advanced care planning.

To offer the right kind of support at the right time, it is important to be aware of the two phases of death and their associated symptoms. You’ll learn about these phases and the alternative and complementary therapies that can help, and you’ll gain an understanding of how to honor a person’s spiritual beliefs as they pass on.

Working with people as they journey toward the end of their lives can be rewarding, but it can be emotionally, physically, and spiritually draining as well. This is why we also delve into why self-care is essential in the provision of end-of-life care and after-death care and support – offering suggestions of how to maintain a good diet and sleeping habits, and relaxation and mindfulness techniques that are also needed.

Being that Human Psychopomp.

END OF LIFE & AFTER DEATH CARE THERAPY CERTIFICATE