Inclusive and Accessible Services
I am committed to supporting Rhode Island’s BIPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ communities. To ensure accessibility for all, I offer my Doula services on a sliding fee scale. Please reach out to discuss your needs and determine a rate that works for you.
Wedding Officiant; $300
1-hour kickoff planning call to meet and greet and organize day of schedule. Digest responses to couple questionnaire and write ceremony. Attend rehearsal. Arrive to ceremony 1-hour before. Ensure wedding license is signed and wedding certificate signed by witnesses. Frame wedding certificate and give to couple. Mail wedding license.
Ad-hoc Doula Services; $25/hr
*Sliding fee scale offered, no questions asked
We will start out with a free 30-60 minute in-person consultation to see if my services are compatible with the client and their needs/wants.
If it makes sense for us to work together, we will then decide what services would be the most helpful to begin with and what schedule would work best for both parties. I am available during the week starting at 5:30 pm and weekends. The base service contract will be for 1-hour a week, with ability to increase as warranted by the service needs. You will be charged for the hour if it is not used.
3-Month Doula Services; $1,000
This retainer package covers 84 days of support, up to 4-hours a week.
Respite Care; $25/hr
*Sliding fee scale offered, no questions asked
If you or a caregiver you know are in need of respite care I am available to sit with your loved one while you take care of yourself.
Doula Website Creation; $75/hr
*Sliding fee scale offered, no questions asked
I am able to set up a basic WordPress website for Rhode Island End of Life Doulas and provide two free 1-hr content editing training sessions either virtually or in-person.
Clients will be responsible for paying for their own domain (~$15-20/yr) and hosting fees (~$240/yr for 1st year) as well as producing their own content.
Please note that I am unable to provide any development services beyond setting up the website and training the user to be able to edit content. I am able to connect you with a developer to assist in structural changes if that is every needed.
1-Hour Virtual Deathcare Planning Consultation; $25/hr
*Sliding fee scale offered, no questions asked
You will receive a short questionnaire to complete one week prior to our virtual meeting. During the one hour consultation we will review and discuss your end of life goals (body disposition, vigil, funeral, and wake planning) and outline the best next steps for your planning and preparation. This is a great option for people who need a nudge in the right direction with their deathcare planning.
Death Dinner Package; $250
3-hour dinner party for up to 4 guests hosted at either one of the guest’s homes or at my apartment (a cat lives here!). Dinner menu will be shared three weeks prior via email and guests may request menu adjustments up until a week prior to the scheduled date. Guests will be asked to bring dessert and drinks if they’d like. The goal of the dinner party is to engage and empower the guests within the difficult conversation around death. There will be activities to help the guests gain powerful insight and information on the end of life transition and help them continue on their journey through life towards death.
One Hour End of Life Doula Presentation; Free
A speaking engagement consisting of a 30-45 minute presentation on what an End of Life Doula is and how the role can make a positive impact on end of life care followed by Q&A.
Home Funeral Officiant
Service details & cost to come
Death avoidance is not an individual failing; it’s a cultural one. Facing death is not for the faint-hearted. It is far too challenging to expect that each citizen will do so on their own. Death acceptance is the responsibility of those who have been tasked with creating physical and emotional environments where safe, open interaction with death and dead bodies is possible.
Caitlin Doughty