Reach 1,500 Death Education and Grief Counseling Professionals with Association for Death Education and Counseling

Members include psychologists, licensed counselors, social workers, educators and researchers, hospice care professionals, clergy and funeral directors working in death, dying and bereavement services. These individuals are often employed in settings such as academic institutions, hospitals and hospice/palliative-care providers, faith-based organizations and funeral/mortuary firms. Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) represents a multidisciplinary community of roughly 1,500 professionals—educators, counselors, social workers, hospice personnel and clergy—dedicated to the study and practice of dying, death and bereavement. Founded in 1976, the organization provides certification, publishes key research and convenes an annual conference. For media buyers and advertisers, ADEC offers access to an engaged, niche audience deeply invested in end‑of‑life care education, grief support and thanatology research—making it a high value target for sponsorships or messaging aligned with counseling services, hospice products, training tools or wellness‑related offerings.