Mahana Lugo received a Master’s Degree from Western Michigan University in Counseling Education. Mahana has worked in the Human Development field for seventeen years in different areas including Community Mental Health, School Counseling, Education and Human Resources, both in the United States and Nicaragua. Although Mahana uses and eclectic approach to be able to serve the needs of each person, her two main theoretical orientations are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Behavioral Therapy.

Mahana is trained in the Evidenced Based approaches Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Suicide Prevention Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (SP-CBT).  Mahana’s experience has focused on children and youth (and their families) with Oppositional Disorder, Conduct Disorder, ADD,/ADHD, Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Developmental Disabilities including Autism and Cognitive Impairment, and Crisis Intervention.