Funeral Celebrant & Grief Support
Services & expertise
Funeral
Celebrancy
Creating and officiating highly personalised and meaningful ceremonies alongside families and chosen families. This is for when someone has died or a loss has occurred. This may be a funeral, a memorial or grief ritual for the anniversary of a death.
Grief
Support
As a registered social worker trained in grief and bereavement, I can further assist families and individuals with brief to medium contact grief support counselling, education and referrals.
Pre-planning, advice and legacy work
I can offer advice around funeral home providers, end of life care options and legacy projects. I also offer tailed end-of-life and death care planning sessions, check out:
INTRODUCTION
Joh Fairley
Hi, my name is Joh Fairley and I am a funeral celebrant and registered social worker based in Coburg, Naarm. I have worked in community-engaged and creative settings since completing my Social Work degree with Honours at RMIT in 2007. I later undertook funeral celebrant certification, alongside further training in grief, bereavement support, and education.
I work from a relational, trauma-informed, and intersectional approach when supporting families and chosen families through death, grief, and ceremony.
“Joh was the perfect choice for a caring, compassionate and personal approach to saying goodbye to my baby niece. Her approach was guided by the grieving parents and to help ensure they had everything they wanted to help them say goodbye. Joh made the whole process easier, and was a good calming and kind presence on the day.”
“Amid a devastingly sad funeral, Joh did an amazing job of providing warmth, compassion and deep insights to the affected family and the life of our friend. She is an excellent communicator and projected a genuine care for the people in the room. It’s obvious that she cares deeply about this job.”
“Joh brings a calm, considered and wise voice to a time of grief. She offers a unique perspective on the things that we can do to best farewell loved ones. Joh is such a good fit for this line of work.”
