Psychological Evaluations for Immigration Cases
By helping immigrants with unlawful status reduce their legal obstacles through psychological evaluations,
East Bay Area Therapy carries out its mission to help diverse populations reduce distress
and improve their overall mental health and wellness.
East Bay Area Therapy carries out its mission to help diverse populations reduce distress
and improve their overall mental health and wellness.
Grace Pacheco, M.A., MFT is a bilingual licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), who specializes in the assessment and psychological treatment of individuals who have been victims of violent crime or other severely traumatic experiences. Ms. Pacheco regularly conducts mental health assessments, performs psychological testing, engages in professional psychological writing, contributes to university and college level courses as a guest lecturer, and provides expert testimony in court settings within her scope of practice and competence, as established by her formal graduate education, advanced training, and clinical experience.
Clinical Psychological Evaluations
Now Available by Video!
We are providing psychological evaluations for immigration legal cases in the Spanish and English language via a secure video visit platform called Doxy.me. We are able to provide psychological evaluations for U visa (victims of violent crime), asylum, extreme psychological hardship/family waivers, T visa (human trafficking), and VAWA (domestic violence) cases. Clients typically take a pre-appointment online questionnaire in either Spanish or English and meet with Grace Ohikere, M.A., MFT for approximately 2 hours. A diagnosis is often assigned and a formal written report is provided to the bay area immigration attorney or paralegal assigned to the client's case. After consulting with the client's legal team, any important changes are made to the document to ensure perfection, and signed hard copies are mailed out to the immigration attorney's office and the client's mailing address. Although the psychological reports are written in English, we offer to translate psychological written reports into the Spanish language FREE OF CHARGE so that our monolingual clients can full understand their psychological evaluations, diagnoses, and recommendations for treatment.
To schedule a psychological evaluation, you can book online using the buttons at the footer of this website, call (510) 621-8143, or email us at Grace@EastBayAreaTherapy.com. We look forward to making your experience a positive one!
To schedule a psychological evaluation, you can book online using the buttons at the footer of this website, call (510) 621-8143, or email us at Grace@EastBayAreaTherapy.com. We look forward to making your experience a positive one!
Adios Anxiety: A Video Series Course
Adios Anxiety: A Video Series Course incorporates education, research-based theory, coping skills, and -in-course practice of newly learned stress and anxiety management techniques. This course offers stress reduction, teaches mindfulness meditation, builds coping skills, and offers in-course relaxation exercises. It is designed for those who would like to learn about psychological principles from a real licensed psychotherapist apply easy-to-learn skills right away. The course focuses on material that would be best helpful for anyone struggling with
stress, anxiety, and panic attacks.
stress, anxiety, and panic attacks.
Office & Video Appointments
After booking, you will receive correspondence from Grace Pacheco, M.A., MFT with the next steps of the process.
A link to a pre–appointment health questionnaire will be included in your appointment confirmation text message
which can be completed from any mobile device.
The face-to-face appointment will last approximately 2 hours.
A signed official hard copy will be mailed directly to the immigration attorney's office and to the subject of the evaluation.
It is our pleasure to help you book your appointment, answer any questions,
and ensure that your experience is exceptional.
Please, do not hesitate to contact Grace@EastBayAreaTherapy.com
A link to a pre–appointment health questionnaire will be included in your appointment confirmation text message
which can be completed from any mobile device.
The face-to-face appointment will last approximately 2 hours.
A signed official hard copy will be mailed directly to the immigration attorney's office and to the subject of the evaluation.
It is our pleasure to help you book your appointment, answer any questions,
and ensure that your experience is exceptional.
Please, do not hesitate to contact Grace@EastBayAreaTherapy.com
OFFICE CANCELLATION POLICY
East Bay Area Therapy is a very small business and has an established cancellation policy. Please note that clients are responsible for the total cost of the appointment in the following scenarios:
1. Cancellation of appointments with less than 48 hours notice
2. Late arrivals of more than 30 minutes (the appointment will be considered canceled)
3. Clients who do not appear for their scheduled appointments are responsible for the total cost
1. Cancellation of appointments with less than 48 hours notice
2. Late arrivals of more than 30 minutes (the appointment will be considered canceled)
3. Clients who do not appear for their scheduled appointments are responsible for the total cost
