U Visa​ Psychological Evaluations
Immigrant Victims of Violent Crime

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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.

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 dignosis 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!

 U Visa Psychological Evaluations

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The U Visa psychological evaluation assesses the negative effects of a violent crime on one's mental health. Immigrant victims of crime can react to the traumatic experience in a variety of ways and this type of evaluation will define exactly how life has changed since the event occurred.

Skilled and focused U visa mental health assessments documenting psychological symptoms and functional impairments correlated with violent crimes of: 
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• Assault with a deadly weapon (firearm via pistol whipping or gunshot, knife, vehicle, makeshift weapons, objects)


• Domestic violence
  
  
• Witness of a violent crime​​, including homicide or stabbing
  
  
• Home invasion​​​ robbery
  
  
• Armed robbery with pistol whipping
  
  
• Grand theft with hostages
  
  
• Carjacking with and without kidnapping
  
  
• Sexual abuse/sexual assault of children and adults
  
  
• Aggravated assault​​​​
  
  
• Stalking 
  
  
• Criminal threats of grave bodily harm

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​Office & Video Appointments

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After booking, you will receive correspondence from Grace Ohikere, 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