Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator & Aware Practitioner, Body Ready Method® Pro, LCCE, PMH-C, Reiki Master, EFT Practitioner, Polarity Therapy

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I am a Rhode Island-based doula (serving southern MA & RI families), educator, bodyworker, veteran, and lifelong learner who believes every family deserves to feel supported, respected, and empowered in their birthing journey. My own path — through challenge and healing, service and growth — has shaped me into someone who leads with compassion, intuition, and deep respect for the transformative power of birth.

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Over the past two decades, I have had the honor of walking alongside families in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. My role is to offer steady, nonjudgmental support: to listen, to comfort, to share knowledge, and to advocate for you and your family’s needs. Every birth I attend is a reminder of the strength, courage, and wisdom that parents carry within them.

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My background in psychology, counseling, and trauma support gives me a unique lens into both the physical and emotional dimensions of birth. In addition to my doula work, I draw on training in body balancing, Spinning Babies®, the Body Ready Method®, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and polarity therapy to help families find balance, comfort, and confidence during pregnancy and birth.

 

Outside of birthwork, I am deeply committed to building stronger support systems for families and doulas. I founded the Support Birth Doula Collective to increase access to care, and the BirthPro Collective to mentor and train new doulas in inclusive, equity-centered practice. Advocacy for women and LGBTQ+ families is at the heart of my work.

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When I’m not supporting families, you’ll find me sailing, practicing yoga, listening to audiobooks, or enjoying time with my wife and our rescue dogs.

 

Congratulations on your pregnancy — it is an honor to walk beside you in this season of life.

Namaste,
Lorie

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Certifications and Trainings​

• Founder of BirthPro doula training & mentoring collective

• Founder of Support Birth nonprofit doula collective

• Evidence Based Birth® Instructor

• Body Ready Birth® Instructor (in process)

• Restore Your Core® Instructor (in process)

• Spinning Babies ® Certified Parent Educator (Birth Prep)

• Spinning Babies ® Aware Practitioner (Body Balancing)

• Body Ready Method® Pro

• PMH-C Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional

• Certified Lactation Counselor

• Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator

• DONA Certified Doula

• Postpartum Healing Lodge Certified PP Doula

• Clinical Applications of EFT

• Size Inclusive Birth Pro

• Belly Binding

• Sacral Flexion Patterns

• Racial & Social Justice for Birth Workers

• Certified Placenta Encapsulator

• OSHA Blood Borne Pathogen Training

• Polarity Therapist

• Reiki Master

• Tapping Mentor

• PTSD & Trauma support with Veterans Stress Solution

• Energy, Trauma and Healing with EFT

• Touch for Health

• Matrix Energetics

• BA Psychology 

• AA Chemical Dependency Counseling