In this companion episode to the play Breathe In Breathe Out, Katrina Taee , end of life doula, former counsellor and co-writer of Surviving the Tsunami of Grief returns to talk to writer Rochi Rampal about the experience of being alongside someone as they die.
As an end of life doula Katrina draws on her professional experience of supporting individuals and their families through death.
She and Rochi ask whether the cliches and coded language around death and dying are getting in our way and reflect on how we can come to terms with the mysteries of the end of life.
Content information
This episode contains references to death and the process of dying.
About Katrina Taee
Katrina Taee started her professional life as a nurse and later trained to become a psychosynthesis counsellor. She worked as a volunteer counsellor for a hospice as well as running her private practice for 17 years.
Her special interest has always been working with those who are grieving which led to focus on end of life and eventually to training as an end of life doula with Living Well Dying Well. Katrina now works as a doula as well as writing and talking about grief and end of life.
She co-wrote the visual and oral guide Surviving the Tsunami of Grief with friend and fellow counsellor Wendelien McNicoll.
Links
- End of Life Doulas
- Surviving the Tsunami of Grief
- The Good Grief Trust
- BAME in Mind
- The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network
- A Matter of Life and Death Festival
- Death cafes UK
Credits
- Produced by She Wants a Dog (Kate Chapman and Pippa Frith)
- Assistant Producer Daljinder Johal
- Sound design by Iain Armstrong
- Sound editing by Fraser Youngson
- Partner: Nottingham Playhouse
- Supported by Arts Council England