Upcoming Training Events
Our May 2025 Cohort had over 40 attendees!
Why Choose Evelyn James?
This one-of-a-kind training is designed for doulas, birth workers, nurses, and perinatal professionals who want to learn how to confidently and compassionately support families through miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss. Whether you’ve experienced loss yourself or want to deepen your care for grieving families, this course will equip you with the tools, language, and trauma-informed practices to walk alongside loss families in one of the hardest moments of their lives.
Through heartfelt storytelling, real-life scenarios, and practical frameworks, you'll explore:
Types of pregnancy and infant loss
Trauma-informed communication
How to support at the hospital, at home, and beyond
Partner, sibling, and family dynamics
Grief education and emotional processing
Pregnancy after loss and prevention tools
Business and self-care practices for sustainable work
You’ll leave this training with not only a certificate, but the confidence to show up for your community in a powerful and compassionate way.
This isn’t just education — it’s a movement. One rooted in trauma-informed care, cultural respect, and real-world tools that support grief, family dynamics, mental health, and emotional recovery after loss. Together, we’re creating a better standard for bereavement care.
Because grief deserves better care. Families deserve better support. And so do you.
2025 Training Dates
March 14th-15th, 2026 – 9:00 AM cst - 5:00 PM cst
June 6th-7th, 2026 – 9:00 AM cst - 5:00 PM cst
September 19th & 20th, 2026- 9:00 AM cst - 5:00 PM cst
November 7th & 8th, 2026- 9:00 AM cst- 5:00 PM cst
What You’ll Learn:
This immersive, 2-day (14-hour) training will equip you to:
Understand types of loss (miscarriage, stillbirth, TFMR, neonatal, and more)
Provide hospital and home-based support for grieving families
Support dads, siblings, grandparents, and non-traditional families
Navigate the first year after loss with actionable tools for families
Set personal boundaries and prevent professional burnout
Get paid for bereavement work (including how to create sliding scales)
Connect with military families, BIPOC communities, and underserved groups
Facilitate support groups and offer long-term grief resources
Who Should Attend:
Doulas (birth, postpartum, bereavement)
Nurses and CNAs
Mental health and social work professionals
OB/GYN, midwifery, and hospital staff
Peer support providers and educators
Grief workers and nonprofit leaders
Anyone serving perinatal families
Meet Your Trainers
Vallen Webb is a Certified Postpartum & Bereavement Doula, Podcast Host of The Pregnancy and Motherhood Podcast, and founder of Evelyn James & Company — named after her daughter, who was stillborn at 40 weeks and 5 days. Her story is both the foundation and the heartbeat of this training.
Vallen’s mission is to change how we show up for loss families — to normalize grief, professionalize & personalize bereavement support, and help providers step into this sacred work with courage and compassion. You’ll walk away not only informed but empowered.
Leila Walker is a birth and postpartum birthworker and FEMM-trained fertility awareness specialist. I have been an educator my entire life and have a passion for helping people use their own skills and strengths to empower themselves, in birth and in life. I completed my doula training through Bebo Mia, am trained in the FEMM fertility management program, and am currently working on my childbirth educator training through Cornerstone Birthworker Training. I specialize in emotional, physical, and informational support for every stage of life, whether that’s navigating boundaries in the postpartum period or creating a personalized birth wishes plan to prep for labor. I believe that my compassion and focus on non-judgmental and evidence-based support help me work with any client and their specific needs.
FAQs:
Q: Is there an option for certification?
Yes. All students who complete the full training receive a Certificate of Completion, and this counts toward your Evelyn James Baby Loss Support Professional Certification if you choose to pursue it. Our lifetime certification is $149.00.
Q: Do I need to be a doula already?
Not at all. Many of our students are new to the field or come from adjacent backgrounds (nursing, therapy, peer support, etc.)
Q: Is this training inclusive?
Yes. This training centers LGBTQ+ families, BIPOC families, and diverse lived experiences. It’s rooted in love, not assumptions.
Q: I’ve experienced my own loss — is this safe for me?
We hold space for your story here. While this training is professional in focus, you are welcome to move through it in a way that honors your own journey. Vallen shares her own story throughout, and we believe grief-knowledgeable humans are the best kind.
Q: Does this training include Termination For Medical Reasons ( TFMR) or Abortion?
At Evelyn James & Company, we support all forms of pregnancy and infant loss — including miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss, SIDS, TFMR, abortion, ectopic pregnancy, and more.
Ready to join us?
👉 Choose your training date and register!
✨ Have questions? Email us at vallen@evelynjamesandco.com
We can’t wait to walk beside you on this journey. Let’s change the way we show up for grieving families — together.
Training Includes:
💜 14 hours of live training
💜 Evelyn James Pregnancy Loss Education 200+ page manual
💜 Downloadable PDF tools & templates to use with families
💜 Lifetime access to updated resources
💜 Certificate of Completion (valid toward certification)
💜 Membership in the Evelyn James Professional Community (private Facebook group)
💜 Personal mentorship and Q&A access with trainer Vallen Webb & Leila Walker
Cost of Investment: $347 USD
✨ Early Bird: $277 if you register by March 1 for any of the upcoming trainings.
✨ Payment plans available
✨ Group pricing available upon request of 5 or more.
Refund & Transfer Policy:
Cancellations made 30+ days before training: Full refund minus $25 admin fee
Cancellations within 30 days: No refunds, but transfer to future training is allowed within 12 months
No-shows: No refund or transfer will be provided, but you will receive the replays.
If we cancel for any reason, you will receive a full refund or a priority spot in the next training
Pregnancy Loss Education Live-Virtual Training
March 14th-15th, 2026 – 9:00 AM cst - 5:00 PM cst Each Day
Evelyn James & Company is a perinatal grief education and training organization dedicated to transforming how families are supported through miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss, and pregnancy after loss. Founded by bereaved mother and doula trainer Vallen Webb, we are redefining compassionate care through trauma-informed education, community, and practical tools for professionals.
Pregnancy Loss Education Live-Virtual Training
This one-of-a-kind training is designed for doulas, birth workers, nurses, and perinatal professionals who want to learn how to confidently and compassionately support families through miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss. Whether you’ve experienced loss yourself or want to deepen your care for grieving families, this course will equip you with the tools, language, and trauma-informed practices to walk alongside loss families in one of the hardest moments of their lives.
Pregnancy Loss Education Live-Virtual Training
View our 2025 Pregnancy Loss Education Trainings for doulas, nurses, and birth professionals. Get certified in compassionate, trauma-informed bereavement care.
Pregnancy Loss Education Live-Virtual Training
View our 2025 Pregnancy Loss Education Trainings for doulas, nurses, and birth professionals. Get certified in compassionate, trauma-informed bereavement care.