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Companioning Life's Biggest Portal

End-of-life support, grief counseling, and care coordination for individuals, families, children, loved ones, and communities, offered with the same relational, somatic presence I bring to my clinical work.

Emily McKinley, LICSWA
Emily McKinley, LICSWA (she/they)

License #SWIA.SC.70040482

Clinical care and death doula support, together

I am a licensed clinical social worker associate and death doula, trained in 2019 with Bodhi Be, Ram Dass, and others. I've walked alongside individuals, families, children, loved ones, and communities experiencing grief, loss, and profound transitions, as a death doula, hospice volunteer, and in private practice.

Because I hold both clinical mental health training and death doula training, I can offer grief counseling alongside practical end-of-life support, a combination that's often hard to find in one person. I provide in-home support locally in western Whatcom County and Maui County, and telehealth and phone support globally, for those navigating death and its threshold.

Support Offered

Practical, emotional, and ceremonial care

For those with a life-altering diagnosis, exploring hospice or palliative care, or already in the midst of dying, death, or grief.

End-of-life planning
Resource navigation & care coordination
Vigil planning & presence
Grief counseling
Rituals & memorials
Green burial guidance
Support for individuals, families, children & loved ones
Support for animal kin
Original ink illustration by Emily McKinley

Original artwork by Emily McKinley

"We're all just walking each other home."
— Ram Dass
Currently accepting new clients & referrals

Request a Consultation

For hospice teams, palliative care partners, or individuals and families seeking support directly.

Email: hello@tendingkinship.com

If you or someone you're supporting is experiencing a mental health emergency, please call or text 988, or go to your nearest emergency room. This page is not monitored in real time.