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ABOUT ME

"I believe in the power of compassionate, trauma-informed care and support."

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My name is Daria Roffel, and I have been called to serve in this role for anyone facing times of uncertainty, distress, crisis, or the inevitable changes in life and death. As well as an advocate trained in crisis intervention/management, I am also a trained Community Deathcare Practitioner or "Death Doula", based in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada. 

 

I have dedicated my life to a Path of Service; helping people find their way through the challenges in life, and through the process of death, dying, and grieving. Since 1992, I have worked and volunteered in palliative care, crisis intervention, funeral service, and spiritual care.

Death Doula Education and Professional Development:

  • BEyond Yonder Virtual School for Community Deathcaring - Certificate - 2016 

  • Amicus Mortis: A Friend in Death - Anglesey Druid Order

  • An Introduction to Psychopomps - Centre for Sacred Deathcare

  • Awakening the Archetype of the Deathwalker - Centre for Sacred Deathcare

  • Healthy Emotional Boundaries for Death Doulas - Centre for Sacred Deathcare

  • The Soul's Journey Through Death and Loss - Centre for Sacred Deathcare

Grief Support:


  • Grief Support Group Facilitation - Alberta Health Services 

  • Community Support:

  • Rainbows Facilitator (Children/Youth peer-support for grief stemming from death, divorce, separation, and abandonment) - Starfish Family Resources 
Nav-CARE Navigator Volunteer Training - Nav-CARE 

  • Standard First Aid and CPR Certification with AED - I ResQ (2024)


Crisis Intervention:

  • ASIST Suicide Prevention Certification - RCMP Division K Victim Services 
Non-Violent Crisis Intervention & Prevention (CIP) – RCMP Division K Victim Services

  • safeTALK: Suicide Alertness for Everyone

  • Medical Ethics Seminar – Sexuality in the Long Term Care Setting – Bethany Care Society

  • Victim Advocate Core Training – Alberta Solicitor Solicitor General and Public Security / RCMP Division K Victim Services 
Mental Health First Aid – RCMP Division K Victim Services


Ethics:

  • Ethics Consultation Training (How to Conduct an Ethical Consultation) – Bethany Care Society/Alberta Health Services
Carewest Supportive Pathways: Personalized Dementia Care in a Supportive Setting – Bethany Care Society

Spiritual Care:

  • Designing and Leading Rites of Passage: Basic Training for Lay Chaplains - Canadian Unitarian Council, National Lay Chaplaincy Committee - 2022

  • Initiated as Full Member of the Druid Grade - Order of Bards Ovates and Druids - 2018

  • BEyond Younder Virtual School of Community Deathcare - Celebrancy, Spiritual Care - 2016

  • Ordination to the Third Order - Reformed Druids of North America - 2005

 

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