Appreciating the past increases our ability to manage our present. • We cannot change past events, only the effects they have on us. • The problem is not the problem. Coping is the problem. •
REGINA RAGAN-TAGGART, LCSW
Regina is a licensed clinical social worker who follows a multi-systems approach in therapy. This therapeutic orientation assumes that people are motivated towards growth, connection and esteem. Since moving to North Carolina in 1999, she has completed extensive training in the Satir Growth Model at the Year Long Practitioner Development Workshop in Chapel Hill. She has worked in a variety of settings including hospice and community mental health. Regina’s cross-cultural work with children, adolescents and families has taken her to Hong Kong, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan. In Chapel Hill, Regina maintains a full-time psychotherapy practice for children, adolescents and adults. She serves as the Executive Director of Satir Institute of the Southeast, Inc.

Specialties:
Regina has designed a skills based self-esteem group for children and adolescents based on the Satir Growth Model.

Experience:
Therapist, Satir Institute of the Southeast, Inc., (Mental Health Care industry), January 2001 — Present , Psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults. Training and group development.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Triangle Hospice. (Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry).

Education:
University of South Florida, 1997 — 1999
Berea College, BA , Sociology, January 1999 — 2001 (2 years)
e-mail: rragantaggart@satirsystems.com