How Therapists Earn a Week’s Income in Just 2 U.S. Immigration Evaluations
Here's a side of being an immigration evaluator that we don’t talk about enough.
I recently had a one-on-one consultation with a former client who took my Expert Training in Immigration Evaluations in 2024.
She told me that before shifting her practice to immigration evaluations, she was strictly a therapist. And at that time, she was experiencing a deep burnout. The kind of burnout so many therapists experience as a result of witnessing very real trauma, real grief. It’s the point when the therapy work that once felt so meaningful starts to feel heavy in a way that's no longer sustainable, not because we don't care, but because we care so much.
She wanted to continue helping people. She just didn’t want to keep doing it as a therapist in that way. She told me,
“I needed something different, something lighter, something more flexible.”
So that’s when she joined my program. Now, as an Immigration Evaluator, she:
🫨Does only 2 immigration evaluations per week. That's it, just 2.
🚀Earns in 2 evals what she used to earn from 20 weekly therapy clients
⏰ Spends about 2 hours face-to-face with a client each week
⛱️ Spends the rest of her work hours in her newly remodeled backyard, drinking tea, and writing reports
✨No longer paying for a full-time office space. Instead she subleases a few hours a week.
❌Not dealing with rush hour traffic, back-to-back sessions, or emotional whiplash from holding space from one client's trauma and then shifting gears for the next
She told me she feels lighter now – not just financially, but also emotionally.
Sure, on paper, only doing 2 evaluations per week sounds like less impact compared to seeing a full therapy caseload.
But actually, she might be helping more people now. Because with every evaluation, you're not just helping one individual. You're helping their spouse, their children, their entire family unit. “Just one” report might mean that a parent gets to stay in the U.S. with their kids, or that a survivor of violence can finally feel safe and start over, or that a couple can stay together instead of being forced apart.
Being an immigration evaluator doesn't just offer meaning and impact. It also offers breathing room – a softer, slower way to still show up for others without constantly depleting yourself.
Curious but Burned Out → Confident & In Demand
If you relate to my past client, and you’ve been looking for a way to continue making an impact without compromising your own energetic bandwidth, I want to invite you to join my next 12 week Expert Training in Immigration Evaluations.
In this comprehensive training, we cover:
Trauma-informed interviewing
The legal contexts and ethics to keep you protected
Writing competent, professional reports
Attracting and maintaining attorneys in your network
How to price your services, streamline report-writing operations, and other “business” logistics
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