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Do you want to be a doula but don't know where to start?
All Doulas Training: Foundational skills for all types of doulas is the perfect training for any kind of doula.
There are 3 phases of becoming a doula:
- Learning about the role
- Starting your doula business and getting clients
- Working with your clients
This course prepares you for all 3 phases. All Doulas Training provides a historical, social, and political review of the doula movement, comprehensive training in all of the primary doula skills, and business startup and management, with an emphasis on my area of expertise: communication, relaxation and comfort techniques, decision-making support skills, and marketing.
You'll learn:
- The role of the doula as a companion, guide, and advocate who embodies compassion
- The politics of doula care within systems of racism and marginalization and how to navigate them to empower your client
- The significance of the emotional experience in challenging situations and how to prevent trauma
- Communication skills to build trust and understanding
- How to lead powerful meetings with your clients to create clarity
- Tools to prepare for the unknown
- Relaxation and coping strategies
- How to explore options and decision-making processes
- Rituals for rites of passage
- Integration, processing, and meaning-making skills
- Business start up steps
- How to design your services and packages
- Forms and contracts needed for a doula business
- How to get clients
- Basic management systems to create a smooth-flowing business
After this training, you may want to continue with additional training in your specific field. If you already have experience in your field, this training will likely be all you need.
Meet Your Doula Trainer
Hi! I'm Carrie Kenner, retired birth doula (350+ births), expert birth doula trainer (over 2,500 birth doulas), and author of So You Want to Be a Doula (October 2024) and Becoming a Birth Doula (Spring 2025).
I was one of the pioneers in online education for birth professionals, transitioning from in-person-only trainings, to hybrid models, and finally to online, on-demand courses.
Now, I offer a collection of introductory and advanced online trainings that prepare you for a life as a doula, add new skills to your repertoire, and elevate your existing practice. These courses are online versions of the same in-person courses I offered for over a decade.
I also write books that offer a low-cost, low-risk way to enter the doula field.
Now affordable and convenient for anyone around the world.
Here's what you'll get in All Doulas Training:
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Twice a month live coaching calls — with replays if you can't attend live — for real-time interaction with your instructor and peers
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Video lessons, articles, worksheets, templates, and resources you can access any time, anywhere
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Four months of step-by-step guidance to develop your doula skills
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Individualized coaching for your particular doula field so you know what to do next
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A dedicated online community to ask questions, get to know your fellow students, share resources, and encourage each other
Carrie Kenner was, and is, the best instructor I have ever had the pleasure to meet. Her explanations are clear, her demeanor is very approachable and light, and she works hard to get the content across in different ways so that it is accessible to all.
Carrie's teaching abilities allowed the perspectives of myself and other students to be heard, clarified, and stretched. I always left class feeling inspired and with an open mind, a mind with space to explore, digest, and wonder more.
Carrie as a doula educator is in her element. She is a balance between heart, head, and instinct, exuding calm confidence with quick intellect, as well as current knowledge of all the intricacies of being a doula.
Carrie is an an amazing educational resource, so knowledgeable while also a wonderfully entertaining and engaging teacher. I very much enjoyed her teaching style...Carrie is also a great doula role model. Just being around her helps a new doula realize how all the training translates into a craft and how a good doula balances intuition, compassion, and professionalism.
Carrie is rich in knowledge and wise in spirit. I would highly recommend her trainings to anyone wanting to learn not only about birth, but also how navigate the ins and outs of the accompaniment role of a doula.