MindBalance Mental Health Care
Basics of Immigration Law:
Informed Mental Health Care for Immigrant Communities
This training provides mental health clinicians with an overview of the U.S. immigration system and how immigration status and legal processes may impact the mental health and well-being of immigrant clients and their families. Participants will learn foundational immigration concepts, common stressors faced by immigrant communities, and situations in which clinicians may be asked to provide mental health documentation to support immigration cases. The training also explores how immigration issues intersect with family dynamics and clinical practice.
Knowledge You Will Gain Through Training
Participants will gain a foundational understanding of basic immigration law concepts and processes and how immigration-related stressors may affect patients’’ mental health and family systems. Participants will also learn when clinicians may be asked to provide mental health documentation in support of immigration cases, the impact of such documentation on a case, and how to approach such requests.
About the Trainer
Tina Zedginidze, J.D. (she/her) is an immigration attorney with extensive experience working with immigrant individuals, families, and companies navigating the U.S. immigration system.
She earned her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she also completed her undergraduate studies with a major in Psychology and a minor in Mass Communication.
Tina is the Co-Founder and COO of CaseBlink, a legal technology company building AI-powered tools for immigration law practice.
She is passionate about immigration law and helping professionals better understand the legal and social realities facing immigrant communities.
Attendees of this training had the opportunity to donate to The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), an organization of Tina's choice!
To learn more about CGRS and the work they're doing to support refugees seeking asylum in the United States, please visit their website at https://cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en