Post Diploma Mentorship Programme
When you have successfully completed both the Certificated Master Skills courses, you will have received the coveted Soul Midwives Diploma which witnesses the breadth and depth of your study in End of Life care.
For those Soul Midwives who have gained their Diploma, and who wish to take their Soul Midwifery learning and experience further, we are proud to offer our Post Diploma Mentorship Programme.
What you will gain
- You will work with your own dedicated Mentor and will be supported whilst you compile six Case Studies to deepen your reflective and experiential practice.
- You will receive three official one-to-one Mentoring sessions.
- Your Mentor will facilitate an additional session on best practice for compliance with data protection and other legal protocols, including insurance and a DBS check.
- Your Mentor will also facilitate an additional session on how you might offer your Soul Midwifery skills amongst the End of Life, and your local, communities.
- In discussion with your Mentor, you may be encouraged to secure a voluntary placement in a care setting or End of Life organisation to further your experience of End of Life care.
- You will continue to be offered the opportunity to meet with, and work alongside, a wonderful community of Soul Midwives and, wherever available, in your geographical area.
How to apply:
If you would like to apply for our Post Diploma Mentorship Programme, please email the office.
If you would like to learn more about the Programme, please contact our Post Diploma Mentorship Programme Co-ordinator, Jude Meryl.
The fee for our Post Diploma Mentoring Programme is £250.
Your Post Diploma Mentors
Jude Meryl
Soul Midwife and Post Diploma Mentor for Scotland and Internationally (excluding Canada, Europe, Republic of Ireland, USA)
Jude is a Soul Midwife, Mentor and TLC Trainer. Jude is also the Co-ordinator for the Post Diploma Mentorship Programme.
After over thirty years of working in education and educational retail, Jude trained as a Soul Midwife in 2013, and has since continued to work alongside families, Care Agencies, GPs, District Nurses and Hospice at Home to support those at end of life who wish to die at home.
Jude is a member of the National Association of Complementary Therapists in Supportive & Palliative Care and of the International Observatory on End of Life Care. Living and working in Scotland, she is also a member of Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief, whose vision is ‘to create a Scotland where everyone knows how to help when someone is dying or grieving.’
Ashley Liddington
Soul Midwife and Post Diploma Mentor for Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset(BCP), Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight and Wiltshire
Ashley is a Soul Midwife, Post Diploma Mentor, and TLC trainer. With over 15 years of experience as a chaplain in the private care sector, he holds qualifications in Community Chaplaincy, Grief and Bereavement Counselling, End of Life Care, Spiritual Care, Dementia Support, Aromatherapy, Mental Health First Aid, Spiritual First Aid, and many other related fields. Ashley has a particular interest in training and in using aromatherapy, flower essences, and sacred oils combined with ritual to support the end-of-life journey.
In addition to his work as a Soul Midwife, Ashley currently serves as a Chaplaincy and Wellbeing Services Manager in private healthcare. He is also the company trainer specializing in End of Life Care, Grief and Bereavement, and Equality and Diversity, trainingall care home teams to use the TLC model of care.
In recognition of his dedication and commitment to End of Life Ministry, Ashley was made a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Funeral Celebrants in 2019 and a Fellow of the Society of Bereavement Practitioners in 2020.
Bet Huws
Soul Midwife and Post Diploma Mentor for Wales
Bet is a native Welsh speaker, a grief counsellor and a founder of Caffi Angau (Welsh-medium Death Café).
Bet has studied life and death extensively, with both humans and other animals.
Her mission is to continue a family tradition of caring for people within their communities, and sees Soul Midwifery as a way of empowering individuals at a time of great vulnerability.
Bet is also a Myrrhophore – working with essential oils, for the benefit of all.
Cathy Chiplen
Soul Midwife and Post Diploma Mentor for Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset (East & West), Gloucestershire (South) and Somerset
Cathy is a highly skilled Soul Midwife, Thanatologist, complementary therapist and Reiki master.
She has a particular interest in rites and practices of death and grief in indigenous cultures. Cathy’s studies of grief practices, coupled with her own personal losses, have led to an interest in ‘Grief Tending’ with particular reference to the teachings of Francis Weller in his seminal work ‘The Wild Edge of Sorrow’. Cathy feels she has further callings in this direction as a natural extension of her Soul Midwifery work.
Cathy is both a Trustee and Therapist for Somerset-based baby and child loss charity “Towards Tomorrow”.
She is also a co-host of Death Café Taunton, which gained national media recognition for its proactive approach to Covid-19 lockdown, being one of the first Death Cafés to go ‘online’ during lockdown.
Carrie Doyle
Soul Midwife and Post Diploma Mentor for Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent and Suffolk
Carrie is a registered nurse, a District Nurse (DNSPQ), and has a post graduate certificate in practice education. She has over 30 years’ experience of working within palliative and end of life care. Her purpose is to support all to receive compassion and love as they live their last days.
She is a Soul Midwife, a TLC trainer, a visiting lecturer at City University London, a funeral celebrant and an independent education facilitator.
Carrie continues to work to raise the profile of the needs of people with end-of-life care needs both at a local and a national level, and has recently contributed to ‘Palliative Care in the Community: Chapter 4’ ‘Handbook of Palliative Care’ (4th Edition) 2024 John Wiley & Sons.
Dawn Young
Soul Midwife and Post Diploma Mentor for the USA
Dawn’s work with the sick began as a Cardiovascular Technologist in the field of Pediatric Cardiology. She began working with the dying in 2011 and then trained as a Soul Midwife in 2015 & 2016. Her decision to become a Soul Midwife was influenced by a need she saw in her community to complement the care provided by Hospice and caregivers. Her training as a Soul Midwife enabled her to bring holistic and spiritual healing to her work as well.
Dawn is deeply drawn to this emotional and sensitive time when a life ends. Although this is a time of profound sadness, there also exist moments of emotional and spiritual healing and unconditional love.
She continues to work with the dying as a Soul Midwife, Hospice volunteer, and a No One Dies Alone volunteer at her local hospital and two care centers. For the past six years she has also co-facilitated a community grief group sponsored by Hospice.
Dawn is a member of the National End of Life Doula’s Association where she has earned their proficiency designation for her knowledge in End-of-Life care.
Helen Latham
Soul Midwife and Post Diploma Mentor for Cheshire, Cumbria, Durham, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Lincolnshire (North East), Merseyside, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
Helen spent more than thirty years as a High School teacher of Philosophy and Ethics before training to be a Soul Midwife in 2017.
She brings to her work additional skills and qualifications in hypnotherapy and aromatherapy.
She is also a TLC tutor and regularly hosts an online Death Café. She takes an active part in Dying Matters Week in her local community and hosts regular “Meet a Soul Midwife” coffee mornings. Whenever possible Helen regularly spends time with patients in her local hospital and care homes who are receiving End of Life care and believes that anyone can be trained in end of life skills.
Krista Hughes
Soul Midwife and Post Diploma Mentor for Greater London, Norfolk, Surrey, Sussex and Europe
Krista is a Soul Midwife, Mentor, Introductory Day Tutor, and TLC trainer (and supports curriculum development in the Soul Midwives School).
Krista has a long-standing background in teaching and as a University Lecturer in Primary Education. She is also a Yoga Therapist, Reiki Master Teacher and Holistic Relaxation Therapist, and she is training as a Medical Herbalist.
She trained as a Soul Midwife in 2013 and works actively in the community. She represents Soul Midwives on the NHS Surrey Heartlands End Of Life and Palliative Care Strategy Group. She has a salaried role as “Therapy Lead Soul Midwife” at The Mulberry Centre, a charity providing information and services for those affected by cancer and anyone with an end of life diagnosis is referred to Krista and her team for support.
Krista is passionate about helping everyone to unlock innate skills and knowledge in compassionate care, so that death and care for the dying are brought back into life and living.
Sarah Farr
Soul Midwife and Post Diploma Mentor for Canada
Sarah qualified as a Soul Midwife and TLC trainer in 2016. In 2017, she co-founded her own End-of-Life Doula private practice supporting families and their loved ones in Toronto, Canada.
She has been a volunteer with Toronto Hospice and Kensington Hospice since 2017. With her wonderful chocolate Labrador “Holly” they are members of the St. John’s Ambulance Ontario Therapy Dog Team where they visit patients at end-of-life in numerous establishments.
She has a Masters in End-of-Life Studies from the University of Glasgow and is part of an International End-of-Life Doula Research Group. She also currently hosts Death Cafés for the Toronto Public Library Network and sits on the board for Cedarhurst Dementia Care Home in Toronto
Tracey Vickery
Soul Midwife and Post Diploma Mentor for Derbyshire, Gloucestershire (excluding South), Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (excluding North East), Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Telford & Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
Tracey has a background as a degree trained Oncology/Haematology Nurse with a wealth of end of life experience within the acute hospital setting.
She qualified as a Soul Midwife in 2017 and she is also a TLC trainer (taking the TLC training days into a group of national care homes).
Tracey has delivered a presentation on Soul Midwifery during Dying Matters Awareness Week at a university to student nurses. She is a volunteer Soul Midwife/Chaplain at her local hospital and runs a local Death Café in her community.
Tracey has also been actively involved in the Soul Midwife In Residence scheme within the Midands and is openly active about encouraging everyone to talk about all aspects of death and dying with an open and compassionate heart.