Beyond Borders: The Immigration Evaluation Podcast
Mariela G. Shibley, Psy.D.
26 episodes
1 month ago
If you’ve ever worried whether your immigration evaluations are truly meeting what attorneys and judges need, this episode will change how you practice. Psychologist and researcher Dr. Andrew Rasmussen is leading the first national, empirically grounded study on what makes psychological evaluations effective in immigration court. He breaks down what attorneys consistently say they want, what they don’t, and where evaluators unintentionally undermine cases. We explore why a clear referral ques...
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If you’ve ever worried whether your immigration evaluations are truly meeting what attorneys and judges need, this episode will change how you practice. Psychologist and researcher Dr. Andrew Rasmussen is leading the first national, empirically grounded study on what makes psychological evaluations effective in immigration court. He breaks down what attorneys consistently say they want, what they don’t, and where evaluators unintentionally undermine cases. We explore why a clear referral ques...
How Psychoanalytic Thinking Deepens Immigration Evaluations
Beyond Borders: The Immigration Evaluation Podcast
12 minutes
8 months ago
How Psychoanalytic Thinking Deepens Immigration Evaluations
Psychoanalytic thinking transforms psychological U.S. immigration evaluations. It gives clinicians deeper insights into their clients so they can write more credible reports. Instead of fixating on surface-level symptoms or narrowly diagnosing distress, Dr. Mariela Shibley unpacks how her psychoanalytic training allows her to hear what's left unsaid—revealing unconscious defenses, emotional patterns, and developmental histories that deeply shape a client’s trauma response. Whether working on ...
Beyond Borders: The Immigration Evaluation Podcast
If you’ve ever worried whether your immigration evaluations are truly meeting what attorneys and judges need, this episode will change how you practice. Psychologist and researcher Dr. Andrew Rasmussen is leading the first national, empirically grounded study on what makes psychological evaluations effective in immigration court. He breaks down what attorneys consistently say they want, what they don’t, and where evaluators unintentionally undermine cases. We explore why a clear referral ques...
