The Pet Loss Companion

#152 A Conversation with Pet Loss Doula Angela Shook


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Join family therapists and authors Ken Dolan-Del Vecchio and Nancy Saxton-Lopez for a conversation with Pet Loss Doula Angela Shook.

Angela is an end-of-life doula, Hospice volunteer and the Past President of the National End-of-Life-Doula Alliance (NEDA). She served on The NEDA board from 2018 to 2022 and has earned the NEDA Proficiency Badge. She is a graduate of the UVM End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate Program, UVM Companion Animal Certificate Program, INELDA and LifeSpan Doulas as well as numerous other trainings for end-of-life care. She is an instructor for the Doula Programs at the University of Vermont and offers multiple end-of-life educational workshops and grief support groups. She is a veterinary doula with Pet Well Mobile Vet where she assists with euthanasia and the end-of-life care and support of companion animals. Angela also serves on the board for the Charlevoix Area Humane Society and volunteers with the Elk Country Animal Shelter. She is a level II Reiki Practitioner and has completed the Animal Reiki course through the Animal Hospice Group. She is the owner of Dragonfly End of Life Services www.angelashook.com and the co-author of "The Doula Tool Kit" https://a.co/d/h02r3GN (#1 New Release in Pet Loss on Amazon).
https://learn.uvm.edu/program/companion-animal-end-of-life-doula-professional-certificate-online/

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