Clinical Evaluations
Narrative Evidence for Complex Legal Cases
At In The Mind LLC, I provide comprehensive clinical evaluations for individuals and families across Arizona, Oregon and Washington.
My goal is to bridge the gap between your personal experience and the legal requirements of the court, ensuring your story is heard with dignity and clinical precision.
The Process: What to Expect
An evaluation is more than a single meeting; it is a collaborative clinical deep-dive.
Clinical Interviews: Usually consisting of two to three hours of conversation (via secure telehealth) where we discuss your personal, medical, and family history.
Standardized Assessment: I utilize evidence-based psychological tools to provide objective data regarding anxiety, depression, medical and trauma symptoms.
Attorney Collaboration: I work closely with your legal team to ensure the report addresses any and all issues. You and your attorney will receive a rigorous, professional document that utilizes a psychosocial framework to complete your medical and mental health history with current clinical research and with cultural competency.
Forensic Clinical Evaluations
We bridge the gap between clinical diagnosis and legal outcomes, ensuring the court and probation departments accurately receive a defendant’s psychological profile.
Veterans Court: Specialized evaluations link military service-related trauma (PTSD/TBI) to court eligibility and rehabilitation plans.
Drug & Alcohol Court: Conduct dual-diagnosis assessments to identify underlying mental health triggers and facilitate entry into treatment-focused legal tracks.
Clinical Attorney Consults and Retainers: Reviewing records and opposing expert reports to find inconsistencies or psychological nuances that can be used during litigation.
Sentence Advocacy - Pre-Sentence Reports: Clinical assessments for probation and sentencing mitigation to support alternatives to incarceration. These evaluations are also tailored for Specialty Courts, such as Veterans Court and Drug and Alcohol Court, where clinical insight into rehabilitation and specialized treatment needs is critical for legal outcomes.
Fees and Policies
Free 15-minute client consultations.
Flat-Fee Investment: $1,200 (all-inclusive).
Accessible Payment Plans: $200 deposit to start, followed by two installments of $500.
Timely Turnaround: Reports are typically delivered within a few weeks of the final interview.
Please note:
"Interpreter friendly
Okay with detention centers ($300 flat fee)
Testify fee is a full fee and charge of 4 hours ($1100)
Support letter for the client is billed at one clinical hour.
Cancellation policy:
If you need your report finished in less than 14 business days, you can pay an optional rush fee of $150.
We require 48 hours notice to cancel your appointment. A fee of $200 is charged if you do not attend your session or need to cancel with less than 48 hours notice. When you make the appointment, we require that you store your credit card information with us to hold your appointment. We will never charge your credit card without your permission.
Why Chose Me?
As a child of immigrants, I understand that an immigration case is never just about paperwork; it is about the preservation of a family's history and the protection of their future. This personal perspective, combined with 17 years in the mental health field, allows me to approach every evaluation with a unique blend of cultural empathy and clinical rigor..
A Trusted Partner for Washington Public Defenders
My professional journey includes extensive collaboration with the Public Defenders of Washington State in King County. I am deeply familiar with the high-stakes environment of public defense and the necessity of providing defensible, high-quality clinical documentation on strict legal timelines. Attorneys trust my work because I understand how to translate complex human experiences into the specific language required by immigration courts.
My specialized areas of focus include:
I specialize in male counseling and have a high degree of cultural competency.
I have completed Advanced Immigration Evaluation Training under Cecilia Racine, LCSW, a leader in the field of forensic mental health. This specialized training ensures that my evaluations are not only clinically sound but are constructed to meet the high evidentiary standards of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and USCIS.
Same-Sex Couples & LGBTQ+ Identity: I provide specialized evaluations that document the unique discriminatory barriers and systemic hardships faced by LGBTQ+ petitioners.
Asylum, VAWA, U-Visa, & T-Visa, VAWA: Trauma-informed assessments for survivors of domestic violence, trafficking, and crime.
Substance Use & Recovery: As a CADC-I, I bring additional expertise to cases where substance use history or recovery is a factor in the family's psychosocial narrative.
Seamless Clinical Collaboration
I am licensed as an LICSW in Washington and an LCSW in Arizona and Oregon, providing HIPAA-compliant telehealth evaluations across the Northwest and Southwest.
Free 15-minute client consultations.
Flat-Fee Investment: $1,200 (all-inclusive).
Accessible Payment Plans: $200 deposit to start, followed by two installments of $500.
Timely Turnaround: Reports are typically delivered within a few weeks of the final interview.
