2026 NBCC Award Winners

The NBCC Awards honor 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 will receive an honorarium and will be featured in the NBCC Visions newsletter.

2026 NBCC Award Winners

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NBCC is Pleased to Announce the 2026 Awards Winners

Research Innovations in Counselor Practice and Counselor Education

Darius Green, PhD, NCC, LPCC

Bowie State University

Innovation in Counselor Education Program Community Engagement

Clemson University

Department of Education & Human Development, Counselor Education Program

Innovation in Counseling Practice and Clinical Service

Monica Band, EdD, NCC, ACS, LPC, CCC, CRC

Mindful Healing Counseling Services

Carlos Castañeda, PhD, NCC, LPC

ThinkAITA

Global Advancement of Counseling: Counselor Education

Silvia Reyes, PhD, NCC, LMHC, QS

IRCEP

Global Advancement of Counseling: Community Capacity

Catherine Mueller-Bell, PhD, LPC

Grand Canyon University

Propelling Mental Health, Powering the Future: School Counseling Award

Marcia James, LCPC

Thornton Fractional South High School, Doctoral Student – Governor's State University

NBCC Servant Leadership Award

Christopher Townsend, PhD, NCC, LCMHC, LCAS, LCPS, AADC, CCS

University of the Cumberlands

Leadership Excellence for Counselors by Counselors Award

Mark Schwarze, PhD, NCC, LCMHCS, CCS, LCAS

Appalachian State University, NC Board for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors

Advancing Equitable Access to Counseling Award

Ted Remley, PhD, JD, NCC, LPC

University of Holy Cross

Prakash Pradhan, ICAP-I

Medical & Health Professionals Council, Bhutan Qualifications & Professionals Certification Authority

Edil Torres Rivera, PhD, NCC, ACS, LPC

Wichita State University

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