Community Resources
These practitioners are familiar with the mission of AZ Community Deathcare. They are dedicated to supporting families through challenging times and helping to build a stronger community prepared for dying and grieving.
Death Doulas
Angela Knox
Taking care of a loved one with terminal illness can be overwhelming. The physical demands can be exhausting, leaving little energy for caregivers to be emotionally present and be in communion with one another. As an end-of-life caregiver I have the ability to care for the dying so that family members may have the energy to be fully present, with love and attention throughout the dying process. I can also offer support and guidance to the family throughout the process. The pain of death and dying cannot be avoided but finding a way to be present for a loved one's final moments often results in great love, peace and connection. Let me help your family to be present with one another during this difficult time of transition. Because I believe that end-of-life care should be available to each of us, regardless of means, I do not have set fees. If you feel I might be able to help you, please call.
I have worked as a certified nursing assistant at Marley House, an in-patient hospice unit, in Prescott, Arizona, for three years. I have been trained as an End-of-Life Doula through INELDA, International end-of-life doula association.
PHONE: (928) 771-9631
EMAIL: angela_knox30@yahoo.com
Marcy McDonald, Death Doula
Sunset Doulas offers end of life planning, life review, legacy and closure services.
Death Doula Marcy McDonald, trained by the International End of Life Doula Association, can help you prepare your Advance Directive & organize your critical materials. We do life review and help you create meaningful legacy projects for your loved ones. We consult with you to help create final moments that reflect your wishes and resonate with your personality. Clear conversations and specific directions can ease the minds of everyone involved and relieve some of the anxiety wrapped up in thinking about your death. It’s also a huge kindness for those left behind.
WEB: sunsetdoulas.com
EMAIL: marcy@sunsetdoulas.com
Beth Dahlmeier, MA, LMFT
Beth has been a Hospice Chaplain for 7 years and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for 25 years. She received End of Life Doula training through the International End of Life Doula Association in 2017. This training has enhanced her service offerings in both capacities. Beth feels honored to walk beside and provide love and support to those who are feeling challenged in their lives, whether the challenge is mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, and/or some combination of the above. Beth appreciates the opportunity to offer energy healing for those she works with, in conjunction with more traditional methods of support and healing. As an artist, Beth inspires creative ways of dealing with challenges, and engenders courage and inspiration to face the difficulties of life. Beth is an Ordained Non-Denominal Minister and enjoys planning and officiating meaningful ceremonies, whether weddings, celebrations of life, or any other passage of life that wants to be celebrated by honoring and ritual. Beth is especially passionate about supporting and empowering caregivers by offering retreats experiences for rejuvenation and inspiration. With every person and family that Beth encounters, she feels honored to be present, attentive, caring, compassionate, creative, and at times, even a little bit funny!
PHONE: (928) 445-4301
Michelle Souza
Michelle Souza is a Death Midwife, certified by Earth Traditions. Naturally curious from a very young age about all that's in the circle of life, she is honored to help those people that are navigating their final adventure, their families, and their communities. She loves listening, she loves hearing, she loves helping, and she loves learning.
PHONE: (310) 892-9944
EMAIL: mouza13@gmail.com
Grief Support
L. Greg Stephens, Ph.D.
My practice focuses on personal growth and life skills. Approaches used reflect inspirations from a variety of disciplines: Breathwork, Mindfulness, Mentoring, Conflict Resolution, Anger & Grief Awareness, Experiential Education, Communication Skills, Philosophical Midwifery, Spiritual Direction, Creativity and the Arts.
There will be no attempt to psychologically diagnose, treat, fix, heal, or change you or any aspect of you. Self-Awareness will act as the guide regarding behavior, thoughts, emotions, and spirituality. My goal is to provide a safe place to talk, to make room for emotions, and to inspire clear thinking. These goals are designed to help access creativity to assist in making personal choices and decisions.
EMAIL: almosthereandnow@gmail.com
PHONE: (928) 776-0791
Jade Sherer
Nature Based Grief Support
I have gone to nature my entire life to resolve issues, seemingly unresolvable feelings, pain and for most anything that a doctor or church might be prescribed for. For more than twenty years I have taken people to the wilderness during times of transition, for ceremony and to cry for a vision. I would be happy to walk with you through your grief or any other transitional spaces you are navigating.
I am utterly grateful to the natural world for my life. I would be honored to share this space with you and to be an open and listening heart for all you are feeling.
PHONE: (801) 300-0126
WEB: www.ItsOurNature.net
EMAIL: jade@itsournature.net
JOSEPH PAUL MCCAFFREY, LAC
M.S. Counseling and Ecopsychology, M.A. in Educational Psychology
Joseph believes in living a soul-directed life of meaning, purpose and creative expression. He blends ecotherapy, spirituality, mindfulness, yoga meditation, and somatic work as a way to support individuals in the process of healing and deep self-knowing. He provides compassionate and nurturing private healing journeys and individual soul work sessions on the land that provide practical tools so that each person can more fully embody their innate wholeness, vitality, and potential.
Joseph spent the last over seven years in the field of clinical mental health implementing eco-psychological and innovative therapeutic practices that addressed the emotional and spiritual conditions of our culture. He has spent over a decade as an educator in alternative education at the primary and college levels guiding his students into deep self-discovery of the inner and outer wilderness.
Joseph has a Master of Science in Clinical Counseling from Prescott College and a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology from the University of Colorado, Denver. He is the founder and guide at Seed + Stone Institute.
To schedule a healing journey session with Joseph, visit Seed + Stone Institute.
Body Work
Devin McKinley & AlixZyrna DeWald
Whole Path Healing offers trauma informed bodywork and somatic experiencing.
Our values center around wholeness and the unique physical, energetic, and spiritual topography of our clients; no session is the same and is tailored to the goals of the client paired with the knowledge and skills of the therapist. Effective, therapeutic methods of pain reduction, muscular re-education, and psychological freedom through trauma-informed therapy are major cornerstones of our practice. As humans, we each need to be deeply seen and met through touch and expression. True healing occurs through communication with self, witness by others, and skilled facilitation through the vessels of our bodies. Each of us is capable of returning again and again to our archetypal & physical states of health & wholeness, joy & ease.
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