End-of-life care asks a lot of the people who provide it.

A veterinarian gently comfort a dog lying on an examination table in a veterinary clinic.

Veterinary professionals are asked to guide families through some of their hardest moments—while managing the clinical, emotional, and practical demands of the work themselves.

Between Here & Home provides education and support designed for the realities of veterinary medicine, with a focus on end-of-life care, grief, communication, and the people doing the work.

Support for the people doing the work.

End-of-life care isn't only a clinical experience. It asks veterinary teams to communicate clearly, hold space for grief, make difficult decisions, and continue caring for the next patient afterward.

Education and support can make that work feel more sustainable.

End-of-life communication
Help your team navigate difficult conversations with pet families with greater clarity, confidence, and compassion.

Grief literacy
Build a stronger understanding of anticipatory grief, bereavement, and the many ways grief can show up for clients and veterinary professionals.

The emotional weight of veterinary medicine
Create space to understand cumulative grief, moral distress, compassion fatigue, and the emotional realities of repeatedly caring for patients and families at the end of life.

Ways we can work together.

Team Workshops

Interactive sessions designed around the realities your team is facing—from end-of-life communication and grief literacy to the emotional demands of veterinary medicine.

Virtual or in-clinic · 60–90 minutes

Educational Talks & Trainings

Structured presentations for veterinary teams on topics such as grief, end-of-life care, client communication, and supporting staff through emotionally demanding work.

Available for veterinary clinics, hospitals, and organizations

Individual Support for Veterinary Professionals

Private space to talk through grief, difficult cases, moral distress, burnout, or the emotional weight of working in veterinary medicine.

Virtual · 30–90 minutes

Featured Veterinary Team Workshop

The Weight We Carry

Grief, Cumulative Loss & Moral Distress in Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary professionals routinely navigate patient death, difficult euthanasia decisions, ethical conflicts, and emotionally demanding cases—often with little time to process one experience before the next begins.

The Weight We Carry is an interactive, 75-minute workshop designed to help veterinary teams understand the emotional impact of their work and explore practical ways to support themselves and one another.

What your team will explore:

  • Cumulative grief and repeated exposure to patient loss

  • Moral distress and the limits of professional control

  • How grief, burnout, and compassion fatigue differ

  • Real veterinary case examples and guided discussion

  • Practical approaches to individual, team, and organizational support

Format: 75-minute facilitated workshop with case discussions and practical takeaways.

Investment: $750 virtual | $1,000 in person, plus applicable travel expenses.

Designed for: Veterinary hospitals, emergency and specialty teams, practice managers, and veterinary leadership.

Interested in bringing this workshop to your team?

Contact Between Here & Home to discuss availability and scheduling.

Built from experience inside veterinary medicine.

I’ve spent years working inside veterinary medicine, including emergency and critical care and leadership roles. I understand this work not only through the lens of grief and end-of-life education, but through the experience of doing it alongside veterinary teams.

That combination allows me to bridge the clinical realities of veterinary medicine with a deeper understanding of death, grief, and the human experience surrounding both.

BACKGROUND

M.S. Thanatology
Death, dying, grief & bereavement

Veterinary Medicine
Emergency & critical care · Leadership

Death Doula Training
End-of-life support & guidance

Let’s make this work a little easier to carry.

Three women dressed as healthcare professionals sitting on the floor with a sleeping golden retriever in a veterinary clinic, smiling and engaging in conversation.

Whether you’re looking for education for your entire team, support around a particular challenge, or a place to talk through what your staff is carrying, we can start with a conversation.

Tell me a little about your team and what you’re looking for. We’ll figure out together what kind of support makes sense.