NBCC Awards
We are excited to begin nominations for the 2026 NBCC Awards honoring outstanding individuals who are shaping the future of counseling!
The NBCC awards were created for counselors, by counselors to recognize individuals who exemplify professional excellence in counseling and whose contributions have significantly helped to expand access to mental health services, strengthen the profession, support counselor education, and advance counseling and counselors domestically and globally.
Winners receive an honorarium and are featured in the NBCC Visions newsletter.
The nomination period is now closed. Awardees will be announced in February.
Awards will be offered in the following categories:
Innovations in Counseling Awards
(up to three awards in any combination of the subcategories below)
Research Innovations in Counseling Practice and Counselor Education
Innovation in Counselor Education Program Community Engagement
Innovation in Counseling Practice and Clinical Service
Global Advancement of Counseling Awards
(up to three awards in any combination of the subcategories below)
Global Advancement of Counseling: Governmental Recognition
Global Advancement of Counseling: Counselor Education
Global Advancement of Counseling: Community Capacity