Adam Annable, M.Sc, FT, CT, CFSP

Thanatology | Professor & Clinical Coordinator | Funeral Director

I am a Certified Fellow in Thanatology, Faculty Professor & Clinical Coordinator at North Shore Community College, Certified Grief Specialist for The Grief App LLC, Managing Licensed Funeral Director, Certified Grief Coach, Certified Crisis Specialist, and Certified Funeral Service Practitioner, with decades of experience researching and working with grief and bereavement.

Education

Master of Science, Thanatology (2025)

Bachelor of Science, Funeral Service and Mortuary Science (2019)

Bachelor of Science, Psychology (2015)

I volunteer as a Mentor and member of the Mentor Leadership Team for aspiring and newly-licensed funeral directors with the Continuing the Vision Mentorship Program. I also facilitate grief support groups with HealGrief.org. In addition to my position as Faculty Professor & Clinical Coordinator at North Shore Community College, I am an accredited CE Course Provider by National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching & the Association for Death Education and Counseling, and create content as an Expert Contributor for the Help Texts text-based aftercare program.

Why I Love What I Do…

My passion for grief work is anchored in years working in acute healthcare settings, my more recent years working as a licensed funeral director, my career as a Certified Fellow in Thanatology, and my own experience as a grieving human. Experiencing the grief process in an anticipatory setting before a death has occurred, as well as counseling bereaved families and friends as a licensed funeral director as the grief process unravels after a death has occurred, has fundamentally shaped how I work with grief.

It is my belief that there is one universality in the grief experience, and it is that no grief experience is greater or less than the experience of another. Grief wears many more masks than one, and grief is a highly-individualized experience that looks entirely different from person to person.