Welcome to the Southern California Chapter of the Association for Death Education and Counseling!

Join Us!  To find out more about becoming a Chapter Member, please visit our Membership Page.


Who should join the Southern California
Chapter of ADEC?  

  • hospice affiliates
  • grief counselors
  • educators
  • thanatologists
  • hospital employees
  • funeral directors
    and their employees
  • others interested in furthering the
    field of death, dying and bereavement
  • nurses
  • physicians
  • clergy
  • social workers
  • therapists
  • researchers
  • gerontologists
  • students                    
  • volunteers

The Southern California Chapter of ADEC is committed to:

1.  Enhancing the quality of death education and death-related counseling throughout Southern California.

2.  Promoting the interchange and development of clinical practices, research and related theory.

3.  Providing support, stimulation and encouragement to professionals in the field of death, dying and bereavement.

4.  Conducting death education and death-related counseling workshops and symposiums.

5.  Educating and promoting sensitivity and cultural diversity in death education and death-related counseling.