Twin Cities/Minnesota Death/End of Life Doula Specialist Program
If you’re ready to answer your calling and become an End of Life Doula, the International Doula Life Movement’s Death/End of Life Doula Specialist Certification program is for you.
The first IDLM in-person class to be held in the Twin Cities will begin on Sunday, September 7, 2025. Classes will generally run every other Sunday* from 10am-4pm CST, location: Providence Place at 3720 23rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407.
Class enrollment is limited. Continue reading to see what we include and all the FREE support and training IDLM gives our community.
$875
$151 / 6 monthly
Overview
In addition to in-person learning, students will complete reading assignments and projects outside of class to facilitate deeper understanding of the subject matter. Students will also receive hands-on training, including practical experience with hospice patients and staff. Training will take place in memory care units, assisted living facilities, and/or personal care homes.
*Exact class dates are: September 7, September 28, October 5, October 19, November 9, November 16, December 7, 2025.
At IDLM, we prioritize thorough learning and equipping our students with the necessary skills to become professional doulas in their respective communities. Our program caters to those who wish to assist their loved ones or pursue a career as a doula, and we provide support not only during the course but also after. As a part of our doula community, you will forge meaningful connections and receive the assistance you require to be a successful doula in your community.
The live Death/End of Life Doula Specialist Certification program will walk you through what you need to know in order to become a doula from a practicing standpoint and introduce you to ways to run a business and get your first clients. At IDLM, becoming a specialist as a Death/end of life doula involves training in various areas such as companion doula, contemplative doula, life planning, and end-of-life doula.
IDLM requires graduates to complete 12 credits a year and renew certification every 2 years. IDLM provides free continuing education. At this time we do not offer continuing education credits for any other professional licensing. Continuing education credits are given free of charge to IDLM students and graduates.
We ask students to purchase the Barbara Karnes End of Life Guidelines Series books and Always Offer Never Force by visiting Bk Books. Please put in the order form that you are a IDLM Student.
We also ask that you purchase a book from The Hospice Care Plan by Odonata Care. Please email us at DoulaSupport@InternationalDoulaLifeMovement.com for a special discount code.
Also Included:
All students receive access to our Signature Business 101 Program which includes 7 modules, workbooks, and 1:1 support. This is self-paced so that you can start anytime and we offer the program live several times throughout the year, which is FREE for you to attend—a $400 Value.
- Live through Google Meets Graduation, and Certificates mailed out. (No digital certificate).
- Join Our Directory For FREE!
- Discounts on Future Education Programs.
- Continuing Support to our Graduates (1:1 if needed).
- Free monthly Grief Support.
- Free monthly Death Positive Talk.
- International Doula Life Movement Family Events.
- IDLM Book Society.
- Open office hours to ask questions and receive support.
Free access to our student and graduate community platform. Free to you!
- Access to our community platform.
- Member-driven support. You can connect with fellow students on a more intimate level.
- More safety. This is a private community and offers greater privacy than social media.
- More flexibility. You can access the platform via desktop or through an app!
- Monthly themes & weekly prompts. This will offer you ongoing growth and insight.
- Workshops & webinars. Continuing education nights, special events, and more became easier to keep track of and access replays!
- Free Resource Library.
- Free IDLM Doula Mentors Group. Have all the support you need to launch and support you as you run your doula practice.
Topics Covered:
- A Doula’s Guide to Personal Safety and Boundaries
- Doula 101
- Code of Ethics/Scope of Practice of a DoulaInclusivity Practices LGBTQ+
- Contemplative Doula
- Contemplative Exercise and Care for the Doula and Caregiver
- Getting in Touch with Your Own Mortality
- Holding End of Life/Death Discussions
- End of Life/ Death Discussions Tools
- Introductions to Stages of End of Life
- Part 1 & This How People Die by Barbara Karnes
- Part 2 & 3 This How People Die by Barbara Karnes
- Doula Apprenticeship – Stages of End of Life Care
- Odonata Care:The Hospice Care Plan
- Obituary and Eulogy/ Hospital and Vigil Planning/ Medical Aid &
- Dying/VSED
- Coping with Grief and Loss For Doulas
- Common Disease & Infection Control/PPE
- Pedi Hospice and Parents Loss
- Client Care, Safety,& Bedside Support
- Companion Doula/Communication/ Tele Doula
- Doulado & IDLM: Streamlining Your Doula Practice
- Doula Paperwork, Agreements, & Forms
- Doula Apprenticeship #2
- IDLM Case Study Planning
- Home Wakes / Cremation/Funerals/Green Options Celebrations and Ceremonies
- Life Planning Doula/ EOL Paperwork/Planning
- Caring for Clients and Their Pets at End of Life
- Making Memories, Legacy
- Religions/ Course Overview
- In-Class Case Study Presentations
- Presenting to your Community and Hospices
- I am a Doula Practitioner
- Free NEDA Prep & Free Business 101-7 Self-Pace Modules, with Workbooks.
- Students receive updates for FREE.
Cami Thelander
Holistic Grief Coach, Grief Educator
With a unique, body-centered approach called Embodied Grief Support, Cami provides holistic healing for life’s deepest losses. Having lost her father to ALS at age 11 and her stepfather to cancer at 15, she intimately understands the profound impact and deep pain of grief on both mind and body. After struggling for years with the limitations of traditional treatments, she began her own healing journey, seeking alternative methods that finally provided the relief and resilience she needed.
Today, Cami offers Craniosacral Therapy (bodywork), grief yoga, custom essential oils, and mindfulness techniques to help clients confidently navigate life after loss. Her holistic approach leans into the body’s inherent wisdom, supporting wellness on all levels—physical, emotional, and spiritual. By integrating body-centered practices and transformational grief coaching, Cami helps clients manage stress, rebuild emotional resilience, and discover effective coping tools for healthy grief processing. Her compassionate, embodied approach empowers clients to move through grief, restoring a sense of purpose, balance, and well-being that honors both loss and life.
In addition to her holistic healing services, Cami is an educator with the Confident Grief Coach School, where she trains and mentors others in holding safe, compassionate spaces for grief. She facilitates grief coach certification programs and equips professionals with the tools they need to support grieving individuals with skill and sensitivity. Cami’s work is grounded in extensive training, including End of Life Doula training with INELDA, Advanced Grief Coach Certification, and professional credentialing as an ACC-certified Life Coach through the International Coaching Federation. She is also a certified NLP and Timeline Therapy Practitioner. By integrating these modalities with her Embodied Grief Support approach, Cami brings a deeply intuitive, body-centered lens to grief work—meeting people where they are and guiding them through healing with authenticity, care, and profound respect for both loss and life.
Kate Wolfe
End-of-Life and Life Planning Doula, Trauma Conscious and Yin Yoga Guide (RYT200), Community Educator, Poet and Ritualist
Kate Wolfe is an end-of-life doula, embodiment practitioner, and sacred space holder offering heartfelt, in-person and virtual support throughout Rosemount, Saint Paul, Duluth, and beyond. Rooted in the rhythms of nature, Kate sees nature as both her sanctuary and teacher—a living symbol of the deep connection between all beings, which she lovingly refers to as the mycelium of human connection.
Her journey into death work began intimately and painfully with Kate serving as a caregiver for her mother, Dixie, during her three-and-a-half-year battle with leukemia. The trauma of that experience, coupled with a desire for something more compassionate, more conscious, led Kate to become trained as an End-of-Life Doula in 2022. She has since deepened her path with embodiment practices, earning her RYT200 yoga certification and has chosen to continue her study of yoga, as well as Spring Forest Qigong, at Svalja Whole Being in Duluth.
In addition to her doula work, Kate is a Sacred Facilitator through Global
Sisterhood, holding space for reflection, healing, and inner transformation—for
individuals, groups, and communities. She offers her time as a volunteer Full Circle Doula at Providence Place (a Lifespark facility) and supports elders as a Life Enrichment Assistant at Ebenezer Senior Living.
With a presence that is warm, grounded, and deeply intuitive, Kate walks alongside others through life’s sacred thresholds, helping them navigate both living and dying with courage, connection, and tender care.
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