Mahana Lugo-Montenegro

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 an eclectic approach to be able to serve the needs of each person, her two main two 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 Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Developmental Disabilities, ADD/ADHD, Crisis Intervention.