Dave and Dr. Dave Olges discuss top mental health issues that teens are currently facing. We share best practices on how to help prepare and equip small group leaders to respond to mental health issues teenagers might bring up in a small group setting. We also discuss when to involve parents and the importance of a plan of reporting.  A very important episode you don't want to miss.

Dr. Dave Olges is a licensed mental health counselor with more than 25 years of clinical experience. For more than a decade, he’s taught counseling skills, research methods, counseling theories and couples and family counseling to graduate and doctoral students.

Dr. Dave Olges Bio

Dave Olges is a professor of Counselor Education and Supervision. For more than a decade, he’s taught Counseling Skills, Research Methods, Counseling Theories and Couples and Family Counseling to graduate and doctoral students.

Previous to his move to academia, David has also been a pastor in the areas of Community Groups, Pastoral Care, College and Careers and Youth ministry.

David and his wife Shari live in Indianapolis with their youngest child, a high schooler. The older two children have moved off to college and simply don’t call often enough for his liking.

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