In this episode, Northwestern’s newest graduate program director, Dr. Gregg Elliott joins the podcast. He shares his excitement for building the M.A. in School Counseling and M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs along with his passion to help fill the need for more licensed counselors. A growing number of youth and adults live with depression and/or anxiety. Consistently, thoughts of suicide among adults continue to increase. With his extensive research and work in suicide prevention and intervention, he offers guidance to support the climbing mental health needs of our students and those around us. It starts with creating a safe culture for mental health conversations.