IMMIGRATION EVALUATIONS:
Current rates: $1,000 - $1,500
$200 non-refundable deposit required to schedule first interview, which will be applied towards the total cost
Expedited Turnaround: $300
Testimony: $175 per hour, including court prep time
Payment plans are available.
Evaluation includes:
2 60-90 minute forensic interviews
Review/interpret standardized tests
Assess for and identify DSM diagnosis
Review all other documents and questionnaires
Contact/consultation with your attorney/legal aid
Full completed evaluation
Alona Wellness Center offers comprehensive immigrant evaluations, including asylum cases, petitions for extreme hardship waivers, domestic violence (VAWA), and U Visa cases.
Current availability is with Michelle Hamilton, LICSW
Michelle has held her MSW since 2007 and has been fully licensed since 2013. She has extensive clinical experience in both the acute care/hospital setting as well as in out-patient clinic settings.
This experience includes providing biopsychosocial evaluations, diagnostics, and care planning. She has a proven expertise providing behavioral health services, and has worked with both adults and children as young as 5 years old. Her area of expertise lies in the treatment of PTSD/Trauma, providing care from a trauma-informed lens.
Immigration advocacy is one of her passions.
Michelle also has experience working in the District Attorney's office, the state legal system, providing testimony in family court and working with state legislature, drafting policy.
Michelle is a certified trauma therapist with a focus on intergenerational trauma, utilizing trauma-informed care, EMDR, and psychoeducation, among many therapeutic modalities.
Michelle also provides clinical supervision to pre-licensed clinicians and has been a Practicum Instructor for grad students.
If you would like to learn more, please contact our office so that you can schedule a consultation with our provider.
*Asylum Cases
– Explaining psychological reasons as to why a client may have missed the one-year filing deadline
- Detailing how PTSD/trauma symptoms provide evidence of the persecution an individual has suffered
- Demonstrating a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a specific social group
*Extreme Hardship Cases
– Identifying unique factors contributing to a client’s psychological distress such as: illness, disability, professional, financial, or academic hardship, or adverse country of origin conditions that would negatively affect the petitioner and their family member(s) if forced to separate or relocate
*VAWA Cases
– Detailing the client’s psychological symptoms which are common for victims of domestic violence
- Explaining less common phenomena such as ways in which men are abused by female partners.