full-spectrum doula services: Ventura, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles

feel empowered, respected, & ready

during your family-building journey

however it looks, whatever it brings

Doula Dyson with friendly smile and a black shirt with doula written in white script casually and confidently sitting on a rock next to a flowing stream.

You are meant to do hard things, and you need not navigate those waters alone. Having confidence in those surrounding you at this tender time is so important.

You deserve meaningful, attuned care for your family-building and pregnancy journey—wherever you find yourself.

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Doula Offerings

Birth Support

As you enter the labyrinth of birth, receive physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual support that invites you to soften into your knowing while encouraging you to step into your power as a parent and birthing person.

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Postpartum Support

Receive open-hearted support as you settle into the transformation of parenthood, learn the rhythms and needs of your baby, discover your new body, and surrender to the waves of tender emotion during this time.

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Placenta Services

The preparation of your placenta is honored as a ceremony. Your placenta can be prepared to your preference: capsules, smoothie-ready, and tinctures. If you aren’t consuming your placenta, there are other options, too!

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Kind Words

“My husband and I cherished our daily debriefs with Katherine and her overall sense of positivity, understanding and warmth made us all feel so at ease. She took the time to understand our needs and address any questions we had . . . . I learned so much about not only how to be a better mom to my son, but how to give myself grace during this new phase of life where everything feels so foreign and fragile.”
- The Glazer Family
“Inviting Katherine into our home and our lives was the best decision we could have made. Her presence was an absolute gift to our family during the dizzying first few weeks postpartum. Not only did she allow us sleep and sanity, Katherine offered experienced wisdom, practical support, a tremendous level of care and compassion, brightness and levity, and a wide open heart. We trusted Katherine from the moment we met her and our newborn son clearly felt the same. We are forever grateful for her nourishing love and care.”
Hannah - Santa Barbara, CA
“[W]e can’t imagine going through our birthing process without [Katherine].
She was truly the glue that held us together during the entire birthing process, before, during and afterwards. She grounded us in the sacred ceremonial space that we wanted, and held our hands and our hearts with a gentle strength that we needed. She guided us through our feelings and anticipations as a couple. And through the entire process she knew exactly what needed to be done at an energetic and a physical support level.”
Alisha - Oak View, CA
“The placenta pills that she made were also amazing, and I really credit them with my smooth-as-possible recovery after my c-section.”
- Alisha
“Thank you, Katherine, for helping our family through the first few months after our son’s birth. Your kindness, sense of humor, and compassion-centered expertise helped us immensely at this precious but stressful time.
Each week you met all three of us where we were at and tailored your ideas to our child’s development and our family’s changing postpartum needs. With your help, we are a little more rested and parenting with a little less stress and a little more happiness. We . . . can’t thank you enough for your help at such a tender moment in our lives.”
Martha - Goleta, CA

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In-Person Doula Support:

Ventura County (Ventura, Oxnard, Ojai, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks)

Santa Barbara area (Montecito, Summerland, Carpenteria),

and parts of Los Angeles County (West Hills, Calabasas, Hollywood Hills)

Virtual Support and Coaching Available

Community Events

For doulas, LCs, and others

Contract Workshop March 13th @ 1pm PT

Tender and relational work can sometimes feel undermined by the more business-y aspects of “keeping the lights on”—especially when we are working in someone else’s home and supporting others durning vulnerable changing times.

Come learn a little bit about contracts and walk through some case studies of why and how contracts are critical to our work.

Instead of getting in the way of intimacy, contracts can support us showing up even more thoughtfully for clients.

I’m literally hosting these sessions in my living room so that we can cozy up with the hard stuff.