AHC Awards

Humanistic Leadership Award: The Humanistic Leadership Award was established to recognize an AHC member who served AHC for a several years and provided leadership to the organization.

Past President’s Award: The Past President’s Award is to recognize the service, dedication, and accomplishments of past AHC presidents.

Past Editor’s Award: Past Editors of the Journal of Humanistic Counseling are recognized for their service and dedication in keeping our journal quality high and its leadership for our field strong.

Humanistic Counselor Award: The Humanistic Clinician Award was established to recognize a clinician who holds a notable humanistic philosophy of counseling that resulted in an impact on the community or clients.

Distinguished Journal Reviewer Award: The Distinguished Journal Reviewer Award was established to recognize a journal reviewer for Journal of Humanistic Counseling who provides timely and high-quality reviews.

Humanistic Educator/Supervisor Award: The Humanistic Educator/Supervisor Award was established to recognize an AHC member who demonstrates a humanistic philosophy of teaching or supervision, resulting in a significant impact on the development of students / new professionals through teaching, advising, supervision, and/or mentoring.

Humanistic Impact Award: The Humanistic Impact Award was established to recognize a professional who, throughout a long-term career, has made a significant and long-lasting impact on the counseling profession, especially through educating counselors and/or producing research and scholarship that upholds humanistic values.

Humanistic Advocacy and Social Justice Award: The Humanistic Advocacy and Social Justice Award was established to recognize a AHC member who has served as a significant advocate for social justice issues. This member has additionally demonstrated a history of commitment to issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Humanistic Dissertation Award: The Outstanding Humanistic Dissertation Award honors a counseling graduate student, who is a member of AHC, and who wrote an outstanding dissertation with central and salient humanistic content, and successfully defended the dissertation during the designated time frame for this award year.

The Joe and Lucille Hollis Publication Award: The Hollis Award recognizes leadership and expertise in publishing in the counseling field. This award honors an AHC member or members who have made significant contributions to publishing in the counseling field that is relevant to the humanistic philosophy in counseling.

Make a Difference Grant: This grant supports graduate research with a humanistic philosophy, by students in a counseling program, which will make a difference for the population under study. The awarding of the grant is based on the humanistic characteristics and quality of the project as described in application.

Outstanding Humanistic Student Award: The Outstanding Humanistic Student Award was established to recognize a graduate student – master’s or doctoral level - who embodies and lives AHC’s values and engages in humanistic practices consistent with AHC’s mission and a humanistic philosophy.