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2026 Mental Health Connections
Global Virtual Conference

November 09, 2026

NBCC and the NBCC Foundation invite you to attend the 2026 Mental Health Connections Global Virtual Conference.

This yearly conference highlights education or training, practice, and research geared toward capacity building, workforce expansion, and augmenting access to mental health care across communities worldwide.

Participants will also learn about Counseling through an international and diverse lens and gain insight about Counseling, mental health initiatives, and movement toward Counseling professionalization from speakers across the globe.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will learn about the state of counseling and mental health in countries and communities worldwide.
• Participants will learn about initiatives in education or training, practice, and research that foster mental health service development among communities both outside and inside of the United States.
• Participants will learn about partnerships to build mental health service capacity and workforce expansion worldwide.

Registration is Open!

Join NBCC and the NBCC Foundation from December 2–4. Registration fees are determined by a scaled fee structure and are based on your current country of residence. To further invite global participation and widen inclusion, NBCC has created a registration fee schedule based on both country of residence and employment status.

Up to 33.5 total continuing education hours are available. Conference participants will also have access to all recorded sessions for 6 weeks. Those who complete the requirements to earn continuing education will receive a continuing education certificate from NBCC.

Registration fees support NBCC’s Mental Health Facilitator program.

Further information about registration can be found at https://bit.ly/2026MHCConference.

*Registration closes at at 11:59 pm EST on November 30, 2026.