Death Doula Certificate Course Online - IAP Career College

Become a Death Doula

In this death doula certificate course, you’ll learn: how to support and comfort the dying and their loved ones, how to develop your skills to succeed as an end-of-life doula, and how to start your own death doula business and attract clients.

What Happens in the Death Doula Certificate Course Online

The Death Doula Certificate Course is an online death doula training with suggested readings from the textbook (IAP Career College Guide to Become a Death Doula). This course is self directed, which means you may study and complete assignments at times that are most convenient for you from the comfort of your own home. In this course, you will learn how to become a death doula and earn death doula certification.

This part-time online Death Doula Certificate Course has a recommended completion date of 6 weeks from the start of the program, however, you may choose to complete the course in as little as 2 weeks or as long as 12 weeks, depending on your schedule.

The Death Doula Certificate Course has been created to allow you to complete it without any teaching assistance. However, if you have questions or need assistance, you can receive help from a Faculty Member throughout the 6 weeks of the course. Your Faculty Member is a valuable resource person who can provide you with personal teaching assistance to help you succeed in the course and advice to help you succeed in the career.

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Course Topics

The online Death Doula 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 International Association of Professions Career College (IAP Career College).

How to Become a Death Doula

Through this online death doula training, you will learn how to become a death doula and earn death doula certification. Topics covered in this Death Doula online certificate course include:

Introduction

• Why Death Doulas Matter
• How Death Doulas Differ From Other End-of-Life Professionals
• The End-of-Life and Dying Industry

Death Doula Specializations

• Elder Care
• Providing Support and Comfort to the Terminally Ill
• Respite Care for the Family
• Facilitating Legacy and Life Review Project
• Conducting Living Funerals
• Planning and Conducting Vigils
• Mourning and Post-Loss Support
• Facilitating with Post-Death Home Organization
• Pet Doula Death Services

What an End-of-Life Doula Does

• Tools of the Trade (and How to Use Them)
• How to “Hold the Space” for Someone
• Initial Consultations: Deep Listening + Empowerment
• Talking About Life and Dying
• Discussing Advanced Care Directives
• Discussing After-Death Body Care, Burial, and Funerals
• Understanding the Needs of the Dying
• Using Traditional and Newly Created Rituals
• Educating the Family on the Dying Process

Developing Your Skills

• Essential Skills for Death Doulas (Ethical Awareness, Self-Care Skills and More)
• Getting Comfortable with Death and Dying
• Learning From End-of-Life Experts
• Volunteer Experience for Prospective Death Doulas
• End-of-Life Doula/Midwife Training Programs

Starting a Death Doula Business

• Business Planning
• Choosing a Business Name
• Choosing Your Location
• Employees and Contractors
• Setting Your Fees
• Getting Paid
• Client Contracts

Getting Clients

• Your Target Markets
• Promotional Tools
• Marketing Techniques
• Getting Free Publicity
• Conducting Workshops and Seminars
• Selling Your Services

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What Is Included in the Death Doula Certificate Course Online

This all-inclusive Death Doula Certificate Course Online package includes:

• Registration for the Death Doula Certificate Course Online (death doula training)
• Lifetime access to course materials
• Access to a Faculty Member to provide you with personal teaching assistance and business advice
• (Optional) 2026 membership in the IAPO International Association of Professional Death Doulas for only US$ 2.99 per month
• Downloadable Death Doula Certificate (Death Doula Certification) personalized with your name and the seal of the International Association of Professions Career College which you may print
• (Optional) Opportunity to order official certificates printed on fine linen paper and embossed with the gold seal of the college
• Textbook: IAP Career College Guide to Become a Death Doula (e-book edition)

Register for the Death Doula Certificate Course US$ 189.00 US$ 377.00 NEW YEAR SPECIAL Easy changes and cancellations It’s easy to change or cancel your course registration. See our FAQ page for details.

You can have all this for an incredible price. It can cost hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars to take other programs. (We found courses based on old editions of our guides with registration fees of up to $999 and more.) We are able to offer you online courses at a significantly lower cost to you because of our expertise from over 20 years of producing the leading online guides for non-traditional careers.

Our online certificate courses have previously been offered for a registration fee of $297 U.S. and include a textbook and professional membership – a total value of almost $377.

NEW YEAR SPECIAL: This all-inclusive registration package for the Death Doula Certificate Course is priced as only US$ 189.00 for the February 16, 2026 course.

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Register today for the Death Doula Certificate Course. Enrollment is limited and registration is on a first come first served basis, so we recommend that you register early for the Death Doula Certificate Course online to avoid disappointment.

If the course is full, please email [email protected] to be notified when a new course date is scheduled.