Death Doula + End of Life Counseling
Holistic Therapy in Colorado. Death Doula Services Worldwide.
Helping you to meet the dying process with peace and experience a grateful death
At Rosebud Healing, we honor death as a sacred transition — an initiation into the great mystery. We provide grounded and compassionate support for those who wish to enter the threshold of death with dignity, grace, and gratitude. Death Doula Services and End-of-Life Counseling provides support and preparation for people who are dying and their loved ones. Research suggests that personalized therapy for people receiving palliative and end-of-life care can help to alleviate physical, psychological, and spiritual difficulties and help people maintain a sense of peace and purpose during their final days. Engagement with death doulas has been shown to empower positive end-of-life experiences for the family, a heightened understanding of the dying process, and meaningful, personalized experiences for people who are dying.
End of Life Services We Offer
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Reiki Therapy
Reiki is a gentle, energy-based healing practice that supports deep relaxation, reduces end-of-life anxiety, and eases physical discomfort. Through soothing touch and subtle energy work, Reiki offers comfort and coregulation, helping individuals feel held, safe, and connected during this sacred transition. The presence of a compassionate Reiki therapist can help support the nervous system, easing distress and fostering a profound sense of peace. Studies have shown that Reiki can help relieve severe pain, promote emotional release, and assist patients in healing spiritually, offering holistic, heart-centered support for people receiving palliative care.
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Psilocybin-Assisted Dying
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic substance found in specific strains of mushrooms that has been found to alleviate psychological distress in patients facing terminal illnesses. Research indicates that *psilocybin can help to ease physical pain, foster spiritual connection, and lead to significant reductions in anxiety, depression, and existential distress, with effects lasting up to six months. People often report a renewed sense of meaning, improved quality of life, and greater acceptance of their present condition.
*In Colorado, recent legislative changes have decriminalized the personal use of psilocybin for individuals aged 21 and over.
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Spiritual Counseling
Our heart-centered approach to end-of-life counseling addresses the emotional, spiritual, and existential aspects of the dying process. We support our clients in exploring, understanding, and deepening their own spiritual beliefs and meaningful practices through presence, mindfulness, reflective study, language, absorption, narrative, culture and art, mythology, and ritual. Engaging with spiritual care can help people who are dying to cultivate a sense of peace, acceptance, connection, and catharsis during end-of-life experiences.
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Legacy & Ritual Crafting
We help help you to honor life, lineage, and the sacred transition of death through meaningful creative expressions, such as audio memoirs, family legacy books, and ancestor letters, memorial altars, seasonal rituals, collaborative art pieces, and symbolic offerings, like planting a legacy garden, composing music, or writing poetry to creating lasting spaces of remembrance and provide deeply personal ways to honor loved ones and foster intergenerational connection. Through these personalized processes, the transition of death can become a transformative experience of love, continuity, and reverence.
“We are all just walking each other home.”
- Ram Dass
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