Become a Certified Bereavement Doula

A Lifetime Certification from Evelyn James & Company
Where grief support becomes heart-led practice.

  • Step 1: Complete the Training

    Join one of our live virtual trainings, in-person training, or enroll in the self-paced course.
    You’ll learn trauma-informed, heart-centered skills to support families through miscarriage, stillbirth, medical termination, abortion, and pregnancy after loss.

    Led By Founder: Vallen Webb

    or Co-Trainer Leila Walker

    Choose your format:

    Live 2-day Zoom training (offered quarterly)

    Self-paced, online course (available anytime)

  • Step 2: Join the Certification Program

    Buy your certification packet before or after your training.

    Lifetime Certification Membership for just $149.

    Requirements of Certification Below

  • Step 3: Complete Certification Packet &Step Fully Into Your Role

    You’re officially certified, and you’re not alone.
    Get listed in our Certified Bereavement Doula Support Directory, access our growing resource library, and join our Facebook community for support, continuing education, and connection.

    We’re here to walk with you as you walk with others.

Get Certified!

Certification Requirements

To become a Certified Bereavement Doula through Evelyn James & Company, you must complete the following steps after your training.

Certification Packet

What You Receive with Certification

Official Certification Package

Official Certification Package

  • Digital Certificate (printable)

  • Evelyn James & Co. Certified Bereavement Doula badge for your website, email signature, or social media

Public Directory Listing

  • Be listed on our registry of Certified Bereavement Doulas

  • Families, hospitals, and organizations can find and refer to you directly

Resource & Script Library Access

This is currently being worked on! You will have access to our most recent resource library.

You will get access to this once it is done!

  • Downloadable grief tools, scripts, checklists, and printables to use in your practice

  • Updated annually with new resources

Continued Education & Member Perks

  • Exclusive and discounted access to future workshops and advanced specialty trainings

  • Invitations to our Annual Virtual Gathering, a space to learn, connect, and grow with your peers

  • Yearly Session with Vallen or Leila to check on your well-being, education, and provide support.

Private Peer Community

  • Join our private group of trained professionals and for ongoing conversation, case reflection, and community support

  • Stay connected in a space where grief and growth coexist

Feature in the Newsletter, Blog, and on our Website

  • You will be highlighted in our newsletter!

  • You will have the option to write a blog post on your experience with loss or some aspect of perinatal loss/grief/healing.

  • Yearly feature on our website!

Certifcation Packet

Why Certify with Us?

Because our certification isn’t about checking a box, it’s about becoming the person families remember.

You’re not just “trained.” You’re trusted.

You’ve walked through our transformative education process, created by Vallen Webb, a loss mom, bereavement doula, educator, and founder who built Evelyn James & Co. after the stillbirth of her daughter Evelyn. This is training with heart, and certification with honor.

Our standard is compassion + competence.
Our mission is to change the way grief is supported in birth and postpartum care.
And you? You’re part of that mission now.

Certify Now!