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Ms. Duggan joined the team at National Counseling Group, Inc. in October 2001, shortly after the opening of the Richmond office. Ms. Duggan provided home based counseling to youth and families in the Richmond area for 3 years before her promotion to Assistant Director for the Richmond site. In June 2006, Ms. Duggan was offered a Site Director position and tasked with opening a brand new office in Newport News. Ms. Duggan assisted in the success of the Newport News site for 3 years and was then promoted to NCG Regional Director in June 2009. Ms. Duggan currently oversees operations for the Southeast Region of Virginia encompassing NCG’s Newport News, Virginia Beach, and Eastern Shore sites.
Ms. Duggan brings expertise to the National Counseling Group in the areas of family and youth counseling, family systems theory, building relationships in the community, and Medicaid guidelines. Originally from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Ms. Duggan graduated with honors in Psychology from St. Lawrence University in upstate New York where she was a member of Psi Chi, the National Psychology Honor Society. She also received the Peter Silverhart Award for her research in Psychology during her senior year. In college, Ms. Duggan participated in an internship at the Ogdensburg Psychiatric Facility for Youth working with teenage girls. Ms. Duggan later obtained her Master's of Science degree in Child and Family Studies at Syracuse University after completing her thesis on criminal persistence in juvenile delinquents. Ms. Duggan's counseling specialties include family systems, communication skills, anger management, problem solving, behavior modification, mediation, and parenting. As a member of the American Counseling Association, Ms. Duggan believes there is good in all people, and it takes love and respect to find it.
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