We provide holistic, culturally-sensitive, and individualized counseling services embracing the newest methods and models of intervention for the treatment of mental health. Aldea is a Spanish word for “community” and we, at Aldea Counseling Services, seek to support the psychological and emotional needs of individuals and families as together we build a stronger community. Services are offered in English, Spanish and French. We provide Immigration Psychological Evaluations for Extreme Hardship Waiver, Political Asylum Waiver, Domestic/Spousal Abuse Waiver Among the most common types of psychological evaluations for Immigration and Naturalization services are the following: Extreme Hardship Waiver The government considers a variety of factors when determining whether an individual meets the "extreme hardship" standard pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act. Evaluating the potential impact of the immigrant's deportation from a lawfully-resident parent or spouse is not the only factor the government considers when assessing extreme and exceptional hardship cases. The factors used in determining whether a waiver applicant has established extreme hardship can be overwhelming. Evaluations of this nature can get particularly complex. Allow our skilled staff at HMPS to help in navigating the psychological requirements of this process. Political Asylum Waiver Historically, people applying for political asylum have suffered a variety of psychological and/or physical trauma in their country of origin. The nature of these evaluations typically documents mistreatment and abuse the individual suffered i.e., racial, ethnic, religious or political mistreatment, psychological assault, etc. This in-depth evaluation includes any psychological and emotional distress as a result of the persecution in their country. Our trauma focused assessments allow us to evaluate the level and the degree of trauma. Domestic/Spousal Abuse Waiver (VAWA) This evaluation seeks to establish the presence of domestic abuse in order to file for legal status (separately from their U.S. citizen spouse). The psychotherapist is tasked with assessing the presence of abuse and the psychological and practical impacts of the abuse. Sometimes the abuse is obvious, but at other times it is more subtle. Documented indicators of abuse are cited as physical, verbal or psychological assault.