Canada

East Van Studio

Free 20 minute video call on doxy.me 

Let's discuss your needs and how I may support you and/or your loved one(s) in moving toward greater peace and comfort.

Free Consultation

Natural Touch: A Gentle Touch Training for Doulas and Palliative Care Professionals is a 7-module, online course designed to prepare you to offer gentle touch in a safe, ethical, and deeply compassionate way to those experiencing serious illness or nearing the end of life.

In partnership with Tracy Chalmers of Endwell Northshore, I am so pleased to offer this gentle touch training.

The course is self-paced, with 12 months of ongoing support from Tracy and I via an online community forum and monthly Zoom office hours. We estimate each module will take you 2-5 hours to complete, including reflection exercises and hands-on practice.

For more information, including free preview content and to purchase the course, visit this link: https://endwellnorthshore.thinkific.com/courses/Natural-touch-course

Natural Touch Training

For sessions in Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Burnaby.

Gentle touch provided in the comfort of your own home or care home, to reduce physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering that often accompanies life-limiting conditions and life's later years.

We will work where you are most comfortable, in your hospital bed, wheelchair, or a reclining chair. Treatment can be provided through comfortable clothing, so getting undressed is optional. 

Sessions include a check in (with you, and/or your substitute decision maker) to determine your needs and to ensure informed consent is maintained throughout our time together. I may suggest after-treatment care that you (or your caregivers) can do for your continued comfort.

I am a Registered Massage Therapist, and can direct bill to several extended health plans. Please note, I can bring a portable reclining chair (very comfortable) if needed. 

A sliding scale rate is available for people on MSP premium assistance who don't have extended health benefits.

Mobile Palliative and Elders Massage (RMT)

This service is available at the East Van Studio. Please note, there are two flights of stairs to access the studio, and a small dog may be present.

General treatments to help your mind and body relax or recover from injury, as well as:

- relieve the stresses of caregiving
- bring comfort to those with serious illness and in the later stages of life, and
- support for managing chronic pain

I use a variety of techniques including shiatsu acupressure, foot reflexology, manual lymph drainage, swedish massage, myofascial release, and gentle, stationary hand contact.

As a Registered Massage Therapist, I can direct bill to many extended health plans.

RMT Massage Therapy (in studio)

Use this link to book End-of-Life Doula sessions at the East Van Studio and online. Select the location of your choice in order to see available appointment times. 45 minute appointments are available online only. 

Sessions may be helpful if you are experiencing

- grief, anxiety, depression, or other overwhelming emotions 
- fears about death or dying
- unresolved conflicts or hurts
- the challenges of caregiving
- finding your renewed purpose after a loss

Trauma-informed support for grief care, caregiver support, and/or to move towards peace.

Please book a 'Home Visit' for me to come to your home, care home, hospital, or hospice. 

Discounted package rates are available. Contact me for more information.

Individual Doula Session

I will come to you, at your home, in a hospice, or hospital. For people with life-limiting illnesses (no matter the stage of illness) and/or their caregivers. 

If you don't see a time that works for you, please contact me. Other options may be available.  Tel: (778) 838-3235  /  elizabeth@closecomforts.ca

This session can be used in any way that serves you best. Here are some examples:

- support for planning a natural or MAiD death at home
- assistance setting up community palliative support services
- learning about the signs of natural death, so you know what to expect (know when to call for medical help, and when it's okay to 'just be' with your loved one)
- working through unresolved emotional or spiritual matters
- working through grief or anxieties
- caregiver support

If ongoing support would be helpful, please contact me about package discounted rates.

Doula Home Visit

Using a combination of discussion in the full group and triads, guided meditation, and real world examples, you will come away from this workshop with a holistic overview of how to prepare yourself (or a loved one) - practically, emotionally, spiritually - to have the most ease and grace possible during the end-of-life phase. You will leave the workshop with practical ‘next steps’ you can take to:

- complete medical-legal documents
- tend to 'unresolved business,' and
- create your own holistic end-of-life care plan.

An optional group follow-up session is available for completing the ‘next steps.’

All participants of the initial workshop will receive 15% off up to four (4) 1-1 private doula sessions with me over the following six (6) month period, for further support in completing the above mentioned ‘next steps.’

Workshop Location and Date: to be determined 
Register your interest by emailing me: elizabeth@closecomforts.ca

You may choose to host a private event in your home, or join a public workshop when sufficient people have signed up.

REFUND POLICY
Will be posted once a date is set.

(photo credit: Britney Berrner & OneSpace)

Holistic EoL Planning Workshop

This service is available online and at the East Van Studio. Select the location of your choice in order to see available appointment times. Please note, 45 minute sessions are only available online.

Support for resolving symptoms of chronic stress and trauma such as chronic pain, insomnia, anxiety, depression, or overwhelming emotions.

Let's work together to gently release old patterns, and find greater ease, peace, and self-compassion in life.

NOT limited to end-of-life concerns.

With your prior consent, gentle touch may be used to support your nervous system in re-learning how to feel safe, and to help it move through stress response patterns of fight - flight - freeze.

Elizabeth Close

Services

Initial Consult and Education

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$450.00

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Registered Massage Therapy

From $157.50

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From $136.50

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End-of-Life Doula Services

From $105.00

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From $136.50

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$130.00

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Somatic Experiencing®

From $105.00

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Locations

East Van Studio