Entry Level Doula Training

Course Description

Launch Your Doula Career with Confidence, Expertise and Purpose

Step into the world of professional birthwork with our Entry Level Doula Training—a premier, all-in-one certification program crafted for aspiring doulas ready to make a lasting impact. This immersive and strategically curated course goes far beyond the basics, delivering the comprehensive, evidence-based foundation you need to thrive in the birth and postpartum space.

Whether you’re called to support families through fertility journeys, birth experiences, or postpartum healing, this elite training equips you with the practical skills, clinical insight, and cultural competence required to offer transformative care.

Included in this powerhouse training:

  • 🌱 Fertility Doula Training – Learn to support conception, IUI, and IVF clients with emotional and holistic guidance

  • 🤰 Pregnancy & Childbirth Doula Training – Master labor support, hospital navigation, birth planning, and advocacy

  • 🍼 Postpartum & Newborn Doula Training – Provide nurturing care in the delicate fourth trimester with newborn expertise

  • 🌸 Placenta Encapsulation Training – Learn safe, professional encapsulation techniques to enhance postpartum recovery

This course is ideal for passionate individuals seeking to become certified doulas with no prior medical or birth experience.

What you'll master in the entry-level doula training

 

  1. Define Your Doula Identity
    Deepen your understanding of the doula’s scope of practice while exploring specialized pathways—including Fertility, Birth, Postpartum, and Loss Support—to carve your unique niche in the birthwork field.

  2. Elevate Client Communication
    Cultivate advanced communication techniques that build authentic rapport, foster emotional safety, and position you as a trusted, professional support partner throughout the perinatal journey.

  3. Understand Reproductive Physiology
    Gain a foundational grasp of the anatomy, physiology, and hormonal rhythms of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum—empowering you to support clients with clarity, confidence, and clinical awareness.

  4. Master Comfort & Pain Management Tools
    Learn hands-on comfort measures, evidence-based coping strategies, and non-pharmacological pain relief methods to enhance the labor experience across all birth settings.

  5. Champion Informed Consent & Advocacy
    Understand the doula’s critical role in safeguarding client autonomy by encouraging informed decision-making, respectful care, and systemic navigation in both hospital and home environments.

  6. Serve with Cultural Competence
    Develop the tools to deliver equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive care to birthing individuals from all backgrounds—honoring identity, tradition, and lived experience.

 

Flexible Learning, Expert-Led Mastery

This transformative training is delivered through a hybrid model designed to maximize flexibility without compromising depth. The course is 95% self-paced online, allowing you to complete foundational modules on your own schedule with lifetime access to expertly curated resources—including engaging video demonstrations, evidence-based reading materials, real-world case studies, and peer-supported discussions.

Once all online modules and required assignments are successfully completed, students will unlock access to our high-impact, 3-Day, in-person Skills & Drills Intensive. This immersive, hands-on training experience is designed to sharpen your technique, boost your confidence, and prepare you for real-life doula work with guided instruction, role-playing, and interactive simulations led by experienced birth professionals.

Important:
In-person training cannot be scheduled until all self-paced modules and assignments are complete. This ensures that every student arrives prepared, focused, and ready to step confidently into practice.

Upcoming Training Dates

Train On Your Time—Anytime, Anywhere

This is a fully self-paced course with 24/7 access, 365 days a year, allowing you to begin and progress through your training whenever it best fits your schedule and lifestyle.

Before enrolling, please carefully review and ensure you meet the following enrollment requirements to set yourself up for success.

 

In order to enroll in our Entry Level Doula Training Program, you must provide and complete the following below: 

1. High School Diploma/GED

2. Must be at least 18 years of age.

3. Make a Minimum Deposit of $100 

4. Sign & Adhere to Bi-Weekly Payment Plan of $250

5. Review & Sign Doula Training Contract

6. Finalize Registration

The student must be able to complete all of the following requirements after their 3-Day In-Person Training: 

1. Must be available 24/7 to support birth and postpartum clients. 

2. Support 4 Birth & 4 Postpartum Clients

3. Complete Childbirth Education Class

4. Complete Basic Breastfeeding Course

5. Obtain CPR Certification

6. Obtain NRP Certification

7. Doula Mentorship Program

Module 1 : New Doula Orientation

Duration : 2hr.

Module 2 : The Black Doula Training Orientation

Duration : 3hr.

Module 3 : Introduction to Women's Health

Duration : 2hr.

Module 4 : Introduction to Maternal-Infant Health

Duration : 2hr.

Module 5 : Introduction to Holistic Medicine

Duration : 4hr.

Module 6 : History of Midwives & Doulas

Duration : 1hr. 30min.

Module 7 : Stages of Pregnancy

Duration : 5hr.

Module 8 : Prenatal Nutrition

Duration : 1hr. 30min.

Module 9 : Medicalized Birth

Duration : 1hr. 30min.

Module 10 : Labor & Delivery Complications

Duration : 3hr.

Module 11 : Medical Interventions & Procedures

Duration : 2hr. 10min.

Module 12 : Integrating Doulas into Hospital Births

Duration : 1hr. 50min.

Module 13 : Universal Policy & Procedures

Duration : 1hr. 10min.

Module 14 : Anatomy of the Pelvis

Duration : 1hr. 10min.

Module 15 : Perineal Tears and Trauma

Duration : 1hr.

Module 16 : Introduction to the Postpartum Period

Duration : 3hr. 10min.

Module 17 : Postpartum Complications

Duration : 1hr. 40min.

Module 18 : Postpartum Mood Disorders

Duration : 1hr. 10min.

Module 19 : Loss/Bereavement

Duration : 1hr. 30min.

Module 20 : Basics of Breastfeeding

Duration : 3hr.

Module 21: Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Duration : 3hr.

Module 22: Introduction to Doula Business

Duration : 3hr.

Module 23: Doula In-Person Skills Exam

Duration : 8hr.

Price

Duration

Register

$1550

48hr. 40min.

Nikita Johnson-Wise

Chief Instructor

Nikita Johnson is the
President, Founder and Chief Instructor of The Black Doula Training, LLC. Altogether.

Lashea Haynes

Chief Program Facilitator

Lashea Haynes has been practicing in the area of obstetrical/perinatal nursing for nearly 26 years.

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