Dana Mugavero, L.C.S.W.

Dana L. Mugavero, Director of First Responder Support Services,PLLC is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (L.C.S.W.) providing professional counseling since 1995. Dana earned a Bachelor of Sociology: Juvenile Treatment & Corrections from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Social Welfare from the University of Kansas.

Dana has provided counseling, training, and critical incident response to public safety personnel and their immediate family members for over 19 years. She has extensive training and experience in the treatment of trauma, including Accelerated Resolution Therapy (A.R.T.), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (E.M.D.R.) and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Level II. She has completed Individual and Group Crisis Intervention training from the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) and the Law Enforcement Resilience training program through the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). She has facilitated over 120 group debriefings for public safety personnel throughout NE Oklahoma and provides training and consultation to over fifteen peer support teams. She is committed to serving first responders, supporting their innate resilience, and breaking down the barriers that frequently prevent them from reaching out.

To counter the work, Dana enjoys spending time with her husband, Matt, and “therapy dog” Martin. She loves to be outdoors, camping in the Jumping Jack, gardening, exercising, and occasional fly fishing.