Psychological evaluations are often essential pieces of evidence to prove trauma in court. As a psychotherapist, I objectively document the evidence of trauma and persecution's psychological impact. I am bilingual (English/Spanish) and have experience working in collaboration with legal representatives in the immigration application process. As a trained evaluator I will assess and document the psychological factors relevant to legal proceedings, ensuring that the evaluation is thorough, objective, and meets the necessary legal standards.

I have conducted hundreds of psychological evaluations throughout my career and am an expert in critically analyzing cases pertaining to:

Asylum Cases – Explaining psychological reasons why an individual may have missed the one-year filing deadline; and detailing how PTSD symptoms provide evidence of the persecution they suffered.

Extreme Hardship Cases – Identifying unique factors contributing to an individual’s psychological distress such as: illness; disability; professional, financial, or academic hardship; or adverse home-country conditions that would affect the petitioner or their family members.

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Cases – Detailing an individual’s psychological symptoms which are common for domestic violence victims; assessing credibility; and where useful, explaining less common phenomena such as ways in which men are abused by female partners.

T Visa – Explaining the psychological implications of severe forms of human trafficking. This may include sex or labor trafficking of a person younger than 18 years of age or recruiting a person through force, fraud for the purpose of peonage, involuntary servitude, or slavery.

U Visa – Describing the psychological damage of being the victim of a serious crime such as rape, torture, incest, exploitation, extortion, abduction, kidnapping, etc.