Offerings

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About Me

Hi! I’m Emily Durand, I use they/she pronouns, and I am a queer, nonbinary, and disabled Covid-conscious care worker who approaches their community with kindness and compassion. I practice across three pillars:

  • Full spectrum doula

  • AASECT- and ISEE-certified sex educator

  • Sexual assault and relationship violence preventionist

I would be glad to support you and your community!

Doula Services

Birth and Pregnancy Doula Support

Birth and pregnancy doulas offer support during pregnancy, the birth itself, and the immediate postpartum period. Whether you are planning a vaginal birth or C-section in a birth center or hospital, a doula can help provide information, education and skill building, and emotional support.

This package includes:

  • 2-3 prenatal visits (2 hours each, virtual or in-person)

  • Assistance writing a birth wish list

  • Birth attendance (virtual or in person)

  • Monthly phone calls (up to 30 minutes each)

  • Continuous text, call, and email support

  • On call starting at 37 weeks of your pregnancy

  • Support during immediate postpartum period within two weeks after birth (one 4-hour visit or two 2-hour visits)

*Can be bundled with Postpartum Doula Support or other offerings!

Abortion Doula Support

Abortion doulas offer support for those seeking to end their pregnancy. Whether you are self-managing your abortion or going in-person, an abortion doula can share information and offer emotional and tangible support.

This package may include:

  • One 1- to 2-hour phone or Zoom call before the abortion

  • Continuous text, call, and email support beginning 1-2 weeks before the abortion

  • Abortion attendance (virtual or in person)

  • Emotional support, guidance, and education for you and/or your loved ones

  • Tangible support, such as meal preparation or light housekeeping

  • One 1-hour phone or Zoom call two weeks after the abortion

Postpartum Doula Support

Postpartum doulas offer support in the period following birth. In my practice, I see postpartum as forever: birth is often a transformational process, whether you will be parenting your baby or are serving as a surrogate. I would be honored to support you wherever you are at in your postpartum journey.

The virtual package includes:

  • 4, 8, or 16 hours of support (2-hour video calls)

  • Emotional support, guidance, and education for you and/or your family

  • Continuous text, call, and email support

The in-person package includes:

  • 12, 24, or 40 hours of support (4-hour visits)

  • Continuous text, call, and email support

  • Emotional support, guidance, and education for you and/or your family

  • Tangible support, such as meal preparation, light housekeeping, and baby care

Pregnancy Grief and Loss Support

If you are experiencing grief around a pregnancy loss, you deserve care and support. While I do not provide therapy, I would be happy to help connect with resources, share information and offer other types of support.

The virtual package includes:

  • 2, 4, or 8 hours of support (2-hour video calls)

  • Assistance writing your loss story

  • Emotional support, guidance, and education for you and/or your family

  • Continuous text, call, and email support

The in-person package includes:

  • 4, 8, or 16 hours of support (4-hour visits)

  • Assistance writing your loss story

  • Continuous text, call, and email support

  • Emotional support, guidance, and education for you and/or your family

  • Tangible support, such as meal preparation and light housekeeping

Note: As an immunocompromised person, I wear an N95 mask, often with a SIP valve, at all in-person services. To help protect me, I ask that you also wear a KN95 mask or better (such as an N95) when not in labor and/or having an abortion. I also ask that you take two rapid Covid tests before we meet, where applicable - one the day before we meet and one the morning of. If you test positive and/or show symptoms of vomiting, sore throat, runny nose, fever, muscle weakness, etc., please let me know and we will switch to a virtual meeting or reschedule. Thank you for helping keep me safe!

To learn more about why I’m still talking about the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, please check out this Covid-19 primer from CovidHelp.org.

To find information on common misconceptions about Covid-19, please check out this resource from Covid Tips.

Childbirth and Lactation Education

Birth and pregnancy doulas offer support during pregnancy, the birth itself, and the immediate postpartum period. Whether you are planning a vaginal birth or C-section in a birth center or hospital, a doula can help provide information, education and skill building, and emotional support.

This package includes:

  • 2-3 prenatal visits (2 hours each, virtual or in-person)

  • Assistance writing a birth wish list

  • Birth attendance

  • Monthly phone calls (up to 30 minutes each)

  • Continuous text, call, and email support

  • On call starting at 37 weeks of your pregnancy

  • Support during immediate postpartum period within two weeks after birth (one 4-hour visit or two 2-hour visits)

Additional Offerings

  • Birth Story Processing

  • Meal Preparation

Sex Education Offerings

Workshops and Trainings

I offer a variety of workshops and trainings to groups seeking more information on human sexuality. All of my offerings are age-appropriate, queer-centered, anti-oppressive, disability-inclusive, medically accurate, and evidence-informed. Specialties and some workshops offered in the past include:

  • Chronic pain and sexuality

  • Disability justice and sex education

  • Sex jeopardy

  • Recess: teaching sex ed

  • Porn literacy

  • Consent and bodily autonomy

  • And more!

Curriculum Development

With a degree in education, I am especially interested in creating evidence-informed, age-appropriate, anti-oppressive curricula for different communities. I would be happy to support curriculum development, auditing, and more for:

  • The pedagogy of teaching sex ed

  • Virtual pedagogy

  • Peer education program development

  • Train-the-trainer curricula

  • College courses

  • Fellowship programs

  • And more!

1-1 and Group Education

Are you an adult seeking more information on…

  • Condoms or safer sex practices

  • STIs

  • Sexual pleasure

  • Navigating rejection

  • Kink

  • Sexual orientation or gender identity

  • Sex ed resources

…Or something else? I would be happy to support you!

I periodically offer group workshops as well, which you can find on my events page here.

Note: As an immunocompromised person, I wear an N95 mask, often with a SIP valve, at all in-person services. To help protect me, I ask that you and/or your community also wear a KN95 mask or better (such as an N95). Thank you for helping keep me safe!

To learn more about why I’m still talking about the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, please check out this Covid-19 primer from CovidHelp.org.

To find information on common misconceptions about Covid-19, please check out this resource from Covid Tips.

Violence Prevention Offerings

Workshops and Trainings

I offer a variety of workshops and trainings to groups seeking more information on sexual assault and relationship violence. My approach is relational, collaborative, and trauma-informed, and I balance engaging discussions and games with interactive skill-building exercises to make these often-difficult topics more approachable. Specialties and some workshops offered in the past include:

  • Relationships 101: Leading with Values

  • Consent

  • Gender-based Violence: Unpacking Gender Norms

  • What’s the Message? A Media Literacy Workshop

  • Trauma-Informed Care

  • Extensive experience with campus populations across all ages, as well as rural populations

  • Disability and Sexual Violence

  • Disability Justice for Gender-Based Violence Professionals

  • What’s So Scary about Ghosting? A Workshop on Rejection

Curriculum Development

I create evidence- and trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, queer- and disability-centered curricula for different communities. I would be happy to support curriculum development, auditing, and more for:

  • Trauma-informed pedagogy

  • Peer education program development

  • Train-the-trainer curricula

  • College courses

  • Fellowship programs

  • And more!

Consultations

I offer consultations to help clients and their communities navigate questions and issues with care. I am happy to support your organization or community with:

  • Needs assessments

  • Strategic planning

  • Policy and procedure development and review

  • Social media strategy

  • And more!

Note: As an immunocompromised person, I wear an N95 mask, often with a SIP valve, at all in-person services. To help protect me, I ask that you and/or your community also wear a KN95 mask or better (such as an N95). Thank you for helping keep me safe!

To learn more about why I’m still talking about the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, please check out this Covid-19 primer from CovidHelp.org.

To find information on common misconceptions about Covid-19, please check out this resource from Covid Tips.