**The training that helps establish a solid foundation , as well as ongoing growth for you as a transplant doula.**

We provide a solid foundation of the practical and emotional work this practice will ask of you; we want to set the bar exceptionally high for delivering the guidance and instruction you can benefit from when choosing to step into this role, in the hopes that you will then be properly resourced to be cracked wide open in what it means to show up and walk beside someone through this experience.

THE CORE COURSE

A Comprehensive Course to Become a Transplant Doula

As a member, you get lifetime access to the community and the Transplant Doula core course. The course has 9 modules and is regularly updated to stay relevant and provide you with the latest in the transplant world. We encourage you to revisit the material whenever an update is released.

Module 1

The Role of the Transplant Doula

We explore the role of a transplant doula: what it can include, what it doesn’t include, and what it means for the transplant landscape.

Module 2

Ethics & Law

Understand a doula’s legal and ethical responsibilities, including confidentiality, liability, contracts, and decision-making. You will learn how to build trust with clients and practice with clear professional boundaries.

Module 3

Depth of Care

This module explores the relational skills of transplant doula work, including emotional regulation, energetic hygiene, client-centered support, language, advocacy, spirituality, somatics, and the difference between support and interference. You’ll learn how to support all involved (including yourself) while staying grounded, ethical, and self-aware.

Module 4

Pre-Transplant

When someone learns they need an organ transplant, their world changes. This module will teach you all about transplant candidacy, considerations for center research, developing medication plans, finances, and other factors that will play into your clients’ experience.

Module 5

Waiting for Transplant

Doulas can be of huge support while waiting for a transplant—like navigating the shifts in habits, routines, and lifestyle changes, preparing for practicalities, and understanding possible challenges.

Module 6

The Transplant

Learn what a doula can, should, and should not do in supporting pre-op, surgery, and post-op. We’ll explore various matters that can arise with family, common complications patients face, and best practices for navigating hospital matters.

Module 7

Post-Transplant

Once the transplant is complete, life shifts significantly. Learn how doulas can support with support team management, medication and compliance matters, and general home follow up care.

Module 8

Rumble with Mortality

Medical directives, end-of-life planning, and the organization of life affairs is one aspect of support doulas can provide transplant patients and living organ donors while they wait for a transplant—but there’s so much to review, it’s gotten its own module!

Module 9

Building Bridges

This module aims to provide alternative language that better serves families while partnering with policymakers in hospitals, transplant centers, clinics, and care facilities to create effective, accurate, and family-friendly policies. It shares insight to being a valued part of the transplant team.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Going Deeper

As a member, you get lifetime access to all courses uploaded to the network beyond the core course.

Trauma-Informed Applications

Deepen your ability to recognize trauma responses, reduce harm, and support clients through complex medical experiences with steadiness, consent, and care.

Business Development

Build a sustainable transplant doula practice with clear services, ethical structure, professional boundaries, and strong referral relationships.

Aligned Marketing

Learn how to communicate your work with honesty, depth, and visibility while honoring the messy, human reality of transplant care.

Deathwork

Explore mortality, grief, end-of-life care, donor death, legacy, and the emotional complexity that lives alongside transplant.

Advocacy

Develop the skills to communicate clearly, build relationships, navigate politicized systems, dismantle systemic barriers, and advocate for meaningful change without losing the human at the center.

Ongoing Education

Research & Industry Discussions

The field of organ transplantation is always shifting and evolving. We work to curate relevant and timely research that is pertinent to a transplant doula’s work. Likewise, we also connect once a month for insightful industry discussions; these are great events to attend whether you’re a member or not (yes, our industry discussions are open to the public!) so that you can keep a finger on the pulse of what other doulas are doing.

A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS

Shared Resources

We’re actively building a library of resources to help you in your transplant doula work,. These include (and certainly aren’t limited to) plug-and-play templates, workbooks, examples and more.

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Next Enrollment: July 12, 2026

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