I have been referring clients to Rocio for evaluations to support their legal claims for several years now and I cannot recommend her enough. Her evaluations are thorough, professional and exactly address what adjudicators look for to make a just decision. She enhances my cases greatly. 

I am relieved when my clients are willing to work with her as I know it will make my case stronger. She is ethical and this is imperative but she also digs deeply and ensures that she is accurately reporting the clients’ situation. If you want an evaluation done in detail, ethically, and sensitive to what you need to forward your clients’ best interests, call Rocio.

Thank you for all the good work you have done for my clients. I look forward to a continued long relationship with you! 

Carolina Antonini, Co-Founder @ Antonini & Cohen Immigration Law Group

See testimonies from some of my patients in the testimonials page ... Thank you for your trust and preference. 

A comprehensive clinical evaluation conducted by a bilingual and bicultural, licensed mental health professional with years of experience working with immigrant families can make a considerable difference in your case. I offer you over twenty-seven years of first-hand knowledge and experience working with immigrant populations from over 71 countries.

I specialize in:

HARDSHIP WAIVERS  These evaluations are focused on the extreme hardships the US Citizen or US resident may suffer if separated from a loved one (beneficiary relative) if their loved one is separated from the family or if the US Citizen or US resident may suffer if relocated abroad. Hardship Waivers, provisional waivers, denials, and cancellations of removal cases;

SAME-GENDER COUPLE WAIVERS These evaluations are also focused on the extreme emotional and psychological hardships the couple will suffer if separated with an emphasis on the particular stressors that same-gender couples may experience if every day supports are lacking in their lives—for example, familial, legal, religious, economic, and social support. Members of same-sex couples have experienced societal prejudice in different ways and have dealt with it internally in their own ways, but the effect of “minority stress,” or the effects of living with often negative social conditions, always exists to some extent and more so in more traditional cultures. 

DOMESTIC ABUSE (VAWA) These are evaluations were the victim has been abused by the US Citizen or Resident spouse. Cases of severe physical abuse are, for the most part, well-documented by police and hospital records. Yet, cases of severe emotional and psychological abuse need the expertise of a clinician competent in assessing such cases. Federal law protects all victims of domestic abuse including cases when immigrant men are victims of emotional and psychological abuse by their USC wives.

VICTIMS OF CRIME (U-VISA) These are evaluations conducted on the direct or indirect victim of a felonious crime, including the parents of children victims of child sexual abuse and women or men abused by undocumented or unmarried partners. At times, there are no physical injuries after an armed robbery or domestic violence incident; however, there are mental and psychological injuries that continue to affect the victim for years after after the incident. Moreover, these cases have precise deadlines which make contacting a mental health professional a priority. 

Additionally, I have a wealth of experience working with 

Political and Humanitarian Asylum 

Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 

 Substance-Related Disorders in Remission

Good Moral Character Assessments

A professionally conducted clinical evaluation indicating the presence or exacerbation of a mental health condition is very likely to help your attorney be successful with your immigration case.

Particularly, cases that require supporting evidence of extreme psychological hardship, emotional, verbal and/or psychological domestic abuse and for victims of a qualifying crime who have not suffered substantial physical injury as a result of the crime but may be able to provide evidence of substantial mental injury as a result of the criminal activity.

Please, feel free to contact me directly at rocio@rociowoody.com to determine if your case would benefit from a professional mental health evaluation.

Emotional Support Animals, or ESA for short, have been helping people with emotional and mental health conditions for many years. Unlike Service Dogs, the ESA doesn’t have the full access rights to restaurants, hotels, and other public places; however, the emotional support animal is allowed into the cabin of an airplane and in apartments and condos with no-pet policies. 

The US government requires that the letter state your mental health disorder according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) and that you need to have the animal with you for either the flight itself or at your final destination.  Thus, the licensed mental health professional must be legally able to diagnosed a mental health disorder. 

You are required to have follow up appointments if you wish to have yearly renewals as ESA letters expire after one year from the flight date. 

DUI Clinical Evaluations are required by Georgia Law to anyone convicted of a DUI offense in the State of Georgia; whether the individual holds a Georgia Driver's License or not. These evaluations must follow strict guidelines provided by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabiliites (DBHDD). Please, call to schedule an appointment. We can help with your license reinstatement process.