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2024 NBCC Award Winners



The NBCC Awards honor exceptional professionals who are advancing the Counseling profession.

These 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, and promote equity in health and education, advancing Counseling and Counselors domestically and globally.


NBCC is pleased to announce the 2024 award winners.



NBCC Servant Leadership Award

Christian D. Chan

PhD, NCC

Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Educational Development, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Meredith Rausch

PhD, NCC

Associate Professor, Department of Research, Counseling and Curriculum, Augusta University



Leadership Excellence for Counselors by Counselors Award

Asha Dickerson

PhD, NCC, MAC, ACS, LPC

Associate Professor, Adler Graduate School

Victoria Kress

PhD, NCC, CCMHC, LPCC-S

Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences and Counseling, Youngstown State University



Propelling Mental Health, Powering the Future: School Counseling Award

Denise Hawkins

NCC

High school counselor; counselor education doctoral student, University of Georgia



Innovation in Counseling Awards


Research Innovations in Counseling Practice and Counselor Education Award

Kelly Wester

PhD, NCC, LPC

Professor & Department Chair, Department of Counseling and Educational Development, University of North Carolina at Greensboro


Innovation in Counseling: Community Engagement Award

Department of Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Jacksonville University


Innovation in Counseling: Practice and Clinical Service Award

Terry Kottman

PhD, NCC, LMHC, RPT-S

Founder, Adlerian Play Therapy; Founder, The Encouragement Zone


2024 NBCC Advancing Equitable Access to Counseling Award

Sandra Lopez-Baez

PhD, NCC, CMHC

Lopez Counseling and Consulting

Denauvo Robinson

EdD, NCC, ACS, LCMHC, LPCS

Former President, AASCB; Former Chair, NCBLCMHC

Council member Robert White, Jr.

D.C. Council At-Large


Join us in celebrating these exceptional individuals and their achievements!


Learn more about our 2025 award recipients in our monthly Visions newsletter and on our YouTube channel.



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