The 2026 EBACA Annual Conference will take place at Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece, from October 22–24, 2026, preceded by pre-conference workshops on October 21. For the first time in the conference’s history, the annual event will span three full days, offering expanded opportunities for professional learning, networking, collaboration, and international engagement.

The conference welcomed proposals addressing a broad range of topics in counseling and related helping professions, with particular emphasis on international counseling, social justice, advocacy, multiculturalism, and human development across diverse populations and settings. It brings together counselor educators, practitioners, supervisors, researchers, students, and helping professionals from around the world to exchange knowledge, share research, and explore developments in the field.

Key areas of focus include clinical mental health and school counseling, career and rehabilitation counseling, college counseling and student affairs, counselor education and supervision, crisis and trauma counseling, social justice and advocacy, multicultural and international counseling, counseling research, technology in counseling practice, wellness, resilience, and human development.

The conference reflects the importance of international academic exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration in advancing counseling practice, research, and professional development.

Alessandra Sax, Ed.D, L.M.S.W, Psychology Department, School of Science and Technology, Deree – ACG, will deliver the Keynote Presentation on “Moral Injury in a Wounded World: Attachment and Identity through One’s own Odyssey”. Deree Psychology faculty members and students will present papers, while Deree Psychology students will also volunteer during the event, contributing to its organization and implementation.