This psychological evaluation is a detailed clinical report prepared by a licensed professional counselor in the United States — critical to help immigration attorneys strengthen their client’s case, increasing their chances of remaining in the country legally.
Comprised of several bilingual immigration experts in Arizona, Florida, California, South Dakota and Ohio. All therapists have extensive training in trauma treatment, attachment theory, social justice issues and immigration cases.
AZ: LPC-15616 · MN: LPC-MN-193 · OH: LPC-OH-299 · SD: LPC21105 · FL: TPMC3692 · IN: PC-IN-2494 · GA: LPC-GA-1297 · TN: TN-2582 · AR: LPC-AR-2493 · LA: LPC-LA-1298
Carla Parola is the Founder and CEO of Carla Parola Counseling and the Founder and Creator of Impacto Migrante. A bilingual mental health professional originally from Argentina and an immigrant herself, she has more than 20 years of experience in mental health and a Master’s degree focused on Trauma, Abuse, and Deprivation. She obtained her independent license in Arizona in 2015 and is currently professionally licensed in ten U.S. states.
Her work is primarily focused on immigration psychological evaluations, clinical supervision, training and workshop development, and organizational consulting, with particular attention to migration-related trauma, family separation, and the mental health of immigrant communities. Carla no longer provides individual therapy; psychotherapy at Carla Parola Counseling is provided by the other clinicians on the team.
As an immigration psychological evaluator, she has completed hundreds of evaluations for asylum, VAWA, U Visa, T Visa, extreme hardship and immigration waiver cases – including I-601A -, cancellation of removal, and J-1 Waiver/I-612 cases, when applicable. She works from a trauma-informed and culturally responsive approach, in both English and Spanish.
She is the creator and developer of MIMSE, a practice-informed clinical and systemic framework currently in development, designed to help understand the psychological and emotional impact of the migration experience. MIMSE is not a standardized or validated assessment instrument.
Carla is also an Arizona Board Approved Clinical Supervisor, a National Certified Counselor (NCC), an EMDR Certified Clinician, EMDR Consultant, and EMDR HAP Facilitator. She also develops trainings, workshops, and consulting services for professionals and organizations that work with immigrant populations.
20+ years – Culturally informed immigration evaluations: U Visa, T Visa, VAWA, asylum, and hardship cases; trauma, families, and diverse populations.
18+ yrs · Asylum seekers & immigrant families · Children, adolescents & adults
16+ yrs · Regional supervisor · EMDR · PTSD, depression & anxiety
13+ yrs · PMH-C certified · CBT · EMDR · Hundreds of immigration evaluations
Community behavioral &
medical social work · Complex
medical needs & psychiatric
diagnoses
10+ years – Culturally responsive mental health support for immigrant youth and families; anxiety, depression, and trauma.
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