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Immigration Psychological Evaluations

Clinically Grounded • Functionally Focused

Comprehensive Immigration Mental Health Evaluations for Attorneys and Individuals

Alternative Therapy provides immigration-related psychological and psychosocial evaluations conducted by Licensed Mental Health Clinicians and Consultants in Connecticut with more than 30 years of experience in mental health services, psychological assessment, trauma-informed care, and clinical consultation.

Services include advanced clinical and forensic psychological evaluations involving trauma, anxiety, depression, family-system stress, adjustment difficulties, and immigration-related hardship.

Evaluations are clinically grounded, culturally responsive, and focused on functional impairment, psychological hardship, and family-system impact.

Immigration Evaluation Services

Extreme Hardship Evaluations

I-601 / I-601A Waivers

Assessment of:

  1. Psychological hardship.
  2. Family separation impact.
  3. Relocation hardship.
  4. Medical and emotional vulnerability.
  5. Functional impairment.
  6. Child and family-system impact.

Cancellation of Removal Evaluations

42B Cases

Evaluation of:

  1. Exceptional hardship.
  2. Child emotional impact.
  3. Educational disruption.
  4. Family-system instability.
  5. Psychological vulnerability.

Asylum Evaluations

Trauma-focused evaluations involving:

  1. Political persecution.
  2. Domestic violence.
  3. Gang violence.
  4. Religious persecution.
  5. Torture and trauma exposure.
  6. PTSD and trauma symptoms.

VAWA Evaluations

Assessment involving:

  1. Emotional abuse.
  2. Coercive control.
  3. Domestic violence trauma.
  4. Psychological manipulation.

Family-system impact.

U Visa Evaluations

Evaluation of substantial psychological harm related to:

  1. Domestic violence.
  2. Sexual assault.
  3. Human trafficking.
  4. Violent victimization.
  5. Trauma-related impairment.

T Visa Evaluations

Trauma evaluations involving:

  1. Labor trafficking.
  2. Sex trafficking.
  3. Forced labor.
  4. Chronic trauma exposure.
  5. Coercive exploitation.

N-648 Disability Waiver Evaluations

Assessment of psychiatric, developmental, cognitive, or neuropsychological conditions affecting citizenship testing requirements.

Clinical Approach

Evaluations may include:

  1. Clinical interview.
  2. Psychosocial history.
  3. Mental status examination.
  4. Trauma assessment.
  5. DSM-5-TR diagnostic impressions.
  6. Functional impairment analysis.
  7. Family-system assessment.
  8. Psychometric screening when appropriate.
  9. Collateral documentation review.

Why Attorneys Refer to Alternative Therapy

  1. Trauma-informed evaluations.
  2. Clear and organized reports.
  3. Functional hardship analysis.
  4. Culturally responsive assessment.
  5. Independent clinical opinions.
  6. English and Spanish services.
  7. Telehealth and in-person appointments.
  8. Expedited scheduling in select cases.

Contact Information
Alternative Therapy, LLC
Dr. Raul A. Avila, PhD

Clinical Director
 Hamden, Connecticut
 (203) 281-0300

Professional Immigration Evaluations Focused on:

Psychological Hardship • Trauma • Functional Impairment • Family-System Impact