Read on to meet our team!
About Dr. Abby Jorgensen
Dr. Abby Jorgensen is the founder and current director of Haven Bereavement Doulas. She works as an assistant professor of sociology and health care ethics at Saint Louis University in Missouri, USA, where she teaches and researches topics related to family sociology and methods with foci in health, politics, and culture. Dr. Jorgensen is also a doula and childbirth educator, specializing in birth and bereavement. She combines these two roles in her research and teaching on how to best support families through perinatal loss.
Dr. Jorgensen’s credentials include: Ph.D.(Sociology), HCBD, LCCE, CD(DONA), and CD(ProDoula). She is also a staff teacher at the Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death. You can learn more about her community work at abbythesociologistdoula.com and about her academic work at abbyjorgensen.com.
About Julie McKay
Julie McKay is the Creative Director of Haven Bereavement Doulas. Her interest in women’s health began after she learned about the benefits of women charting their cycles. She then trained as a FertilityCare Practitioner, teaching women to track biomarkers to chart their cycles and gain insight into the workings of their bodies. She is a writer who focuses on women’s health, family, and theology. She also serves her community as the leader of a peer-to-peer babywearing group. She loves sharing babywearing with both moms and dads, so they can care for themselves while meeting the needs of their babies (and toddlers) and go on family adventures with greater ease.
Julie is a Haven-trained Bereavement Doula. She lives with her family in Michigan. She holds a B.S. degree in Zoology. You can learn more about her at julierosemckay.com.