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Melissa Murphy
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Stars Beyond our Skin
I offer a safe space that is inclusive and welcoming of all beings and our unique stories. I wish to reach those with unspoken or unrecognized grief and to lift up marginalized voices. My hope is to foster connections with people well before death is on the doorstep.
I continue to envision being a part of compassionate, inspiring communities that bear witness while accompanying one another in life and death. I have companioned people before, during and/or after illness and death. I am also here for caregivers and others in the support network. Please feel welcome to connect with me regardless of where you are on this journey of mortality!
In my free time, I enjoy being in nature, the company of my french bulldogs, traveling, photography, yoga, saunas by the sea, reading, films, reflecting on the wonders of life/ death to name a few things!
Skills and Qualifications
Professional Social Worker in various healthcare settings 1999-2014 including hospice (for 7 years) in California, USA
International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA) trained, 2017 and member 2017 to present
Sacred Circle/ Journey with Death
End of life Doula preparation, 2019
Elisabeth Kubler Ross Foundation Compassionate Accompaniment for Life, Death and Transtion Doulas, 2021
Various certificates with The Institute for the Study of Birth Breath and Death including Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss, Advanced Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss, Holding Space for Abortion, Understanding Trauma for Birth and Death Doulas and others.
Other continued education includes Grief and the Quest for Meaning (INELDA), Shapes of Grief Training Programme
Death Cafe facilitator and Irish Death Cafes Facebook/social media page admin 2018 to present
Areas Covered
West Cork, Cork City, South Kerry, Virtual
Locations
Cork, Kerry
Support Offered
In Person, Virtual
Additional Languages
Contact
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