Doula Mentorship
Six live sessions for doulas working on client relationships, confidence and the business side of a sustainable practice.
- Format
- Six weekly live sessions
- Led by
- Chelsea Derrico
- Price
- $300
- Next cohort
- October 13
Mentorship for doulas and agency owners
Two live cohorts for people already working in birth and postpartum care: one for doulas growing their practice, one for people building or running an agency.
The two cohorts
Doula Agency Owner Mentorship
Five live sessions for owners and aspiring owners working on their team, their clients and the systems the agency runs on.
- Format
- Five weekly live sessions
- Led by
- Anna Rodney
- Price
- $1,000
- Next cohort
- April 6–May 4, 2027
- Time
- Tuesdays, 12–2 p.m. Central
Which one is yours
Both cohorts are live, small-group mentorship. The difference is who the work is for.
If you are the doula
You are building your own practice: your clients, your confidence and your own systems. That is Doula Mentorship.
If you run — or are starting — the agency
You are responsible for other doulas, the client experience across a team, and the business behind it. That is the Agency Owner Mentorship.
What a live cohort is like
Both programs are small live groups, not recorded courses. You bring your own work to the sessions and leave with the group still behind you.
Live, and small on purpose
Sessions run on Zoom with the same group each week, so the room is a conversation rather than a broadcast.
Your work is the material
You bring a real client situation, a decision you are sitting on, or the part of the business you have not had time for.
It keeps going after the last session
Access to the resources and the group continues after the cohort ends.
Hear from the Cohort Participants
Participants describing what each program did for them.
Not trained yet?
Both mentorship cohorts are for people already working in birth and postpartum care. If you are starting out, the initial doula training is the right first step, and mentorship stays optional afterwards.
BBU’s initial doula trainings are online and self-paced, and each is a standalone program. You do not need to buy mentorship with them, and you do not need to have trained with BBU to join a cohort later.
Questions
Which program is for me?
If you are building your own practice — clients, confidence, systems — that is Doula Mentorship. If you are running an agency, or taking on more referrals than you can personally serve and building one, that is the Agency Owner Mentorship.
Do I need to be a trained doula?
For the Doula Mentorship credential, yes: you need prior doula training, from BBU or elsewhere, including an expired certificate you want reviewed. If you have not trained yet, start with the initial doula training. The Agency Owner Mentorship is for people running or starting an agency, and it is not a doula training.
Are the sessions live?
Yes. Both programs are live cohorts on Zoom with a small group. The Doula Mentorship runs six weekly sessions; the Agency Owner Mentorship runs five weekly sessions of about two hours.
What do they cost?
Doula Mentorship is $300 for the six-session October cohort. Agency Owner Mentorship is $1,000 for the five-session spring 2027 cohort, April 6–May 4, Tuesdays from noon–2 p.m. Central. Enrollment is open for both.