NBCC Awards

2025 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 2025 award winners.

NBCC Servant Leadership Award

Camila Angelica Pulgar

PhD, NCC, LCMHC

Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University; Owner, Salud Mental Health

Leadership Excellence for Counselors by Counselors Award

Hannah M. Coyt

PhD, NCC, CCMHC, LPCC-S

Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of Professional Counseling Graduate Program, Lindsey Wilson College

Propelling Mental Health, Powering the Future: School Counseling Award

Carrie Wachter Morris

PhD, NCC, ACS

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

Jamal Boudion

PhD, NCC, LPC

School Counselor, CT Janel School; Adjunct Faculty, University of Holy Cross

Zachary Pietrantoni

PhD, NCC, LSC

Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of Professional Counseling Graduate Program, Lindsey Wilson College

Innovation in Counseling Awards

Research Innovations in Counseling Practice and Counselor Education Award

Loni Crumb

PhD, LCMHC-S

Associate Professor, Counselor Education Program, Department of Interdisciplinary Professions, East Carolina University

S Anandavalli

PhD, NCC, LPC, CCTP

Clinical Faculty, Southern New Hampshire University; CEO, Soulfulness Counseling

Innovation in Counseling: Practice and Clinical Service Award

Thomas McCarry

NCC, LMHC

CEO, Zero Overdose; Director of Substance Abuse Prevention, The Institute for Family Health

Global Advancement of Counseling: Community Capacity Award

Arthur Dela Cruz Tolentino

PhD, NCC, ACS, MAC, LMHC, CL, LMFT, LMFT-S, LPC, LPC-S, PRC, SUDP, SAP

Clinical Director, Pathways Mental Health Services; Program Director, Mental Health First Response

Sylvia Nassar

PhD, NCC, ACS, LPC, CDF-I, CSP-T, MHF-T

Professor, Counselor Education Department, North Carolina State University

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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