Legal Services
- My Legal Services
I specialize in providing court-compliant therapeutic services that support families navigating custody transitions, visitation challenges, and reunification processes.
Supervised Visitation
- Court-ordered visits between parent and child in the presence of a neutral supervisor
- Focus: safety and compliance
- Supervisor documents interactions but does not provide therapy
Courtroom Relevance:
Reports are factual/observational and may be used to demonstrate whether a parent can safely exercise visitation.
Supervised Therapeutic Visitation
- Visits take place with a licensed therapist present
- Focus: emotional support, coaching, and improving the parent-child relationship
- Therapist may intervene to teach skills or address conflict in real time
Courtroom Relevance:
Therapist can report on progress, barriers, and treatment needs — information may influence future custody or visitation orders.
Conjoint Family Therapy (formerly “Reunification Therapy”)
- Therapist works with parent(s) and child(ren) together in session
- Focus: repairing trust, addressing past hurts, and building healthier communication
- More treatment-oriented than visitation monitoring
Courtroom Relevance:
Progress (or lack of progress) may affect court decisions about reunification, custody modifications, or the need for continued therapy.
Hardship Evaluation
- Conducted when a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident would face “extreme hardship” if their relative were deported
- Focus: mental health, family ties, cultural/financial impact of separation
- Therapist documents psychological distress (e.g., anxiety, depression) and risk factors if separation occurs
Courtroom Relevance:
Provides evidence to immigration judges that deportation would cause significant harm beyond normal hardship, which can influence waivers.
Asylum Evaluations
- Conducted when an individual is fleeing persecution, violence, or torture in their home country
- Focus: trauma history, PTSD symptoms, credibility of reported persecution
- Therapist provides detailed psychosocial history and links clinical symptoms to trauma narrative
Courtroom Relevance:
Strengthens asylum claims by validating psychological effects of persecution and supporting the applicant’s credibility.
VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) / Domestic Violence Evaluations
- For individuals seeking legal status after experiencing domestic violence by a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse/partner
- Focus: abuse history, trauma symptoms, safety concerns, and barriers to leaving the relationship
- Therapist documents clinical evidence of abuse and its impact
Courtroom Relevance:
Corroborates abuse claims with psychological evidence, supporting eligibility for VAWA relief.
• U-Visa / T-Visa Evaluations
• U-Visa: For victims of certain crimes who assist law enforcement
• T-Visa: For victims of human trafficking
• Focus: trauma impact, safety needs, and barriers to recovery
• Therapist documents PTSD, depression, or other trauma-related symptoms consistent with reported victimization