Holistic Beginnings · Laura DePasquale
Laura DePasquale has spent more than 35 years supporting families through birth and training doulas. Holistic Beginnings offers New Jersey birth doula support, childbirth education, DONA-approved birth doula training, and continuing education.
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For Doulas & Birth Professionals
Laura’s three-day birth doula workshops cover hands-on labor support, the non-clinical role of the doula, professional judgment, and the DONA certification process. Continuing education is available for working doulas as well.
For Expecting Families
Laura supports families across Northern and Central New Jersey with prenatal preparation, continuous labor support, partner guidance, and live childbirth education.
Meet Laura DePasquale
Laura is a certified doula, childbirth educator, Certified Lactation Counselor, and DONA-approved Birth Doula Trainer. She has supported more than 1,000 births and trained more than 1,600 doulas.
Her work is practical, evidence-informed, and shaped by decades of supporting families and teaching the professionals who care for them.
In Their Words
“From the moment she walked in, the energy in the room shifted. She brought a calming and comforting presence, and her knowledge and experience gave us clear guidance when we needed it most.”
Alexander B. · Birth doula client & partner
“She didn’t just teach me techniques—she taught confidence, critical thinking and how to truly show up for families in one of the most vulnerable and powerful moments of their lives.”
Amanda Partain · Doula-training graduate
