Complimentary Workshop for Immigration Law Firms
Trauma-Informed Lawyering
A hands-on training that gives your legal team practical tools to build stronger cases by understanding how trauma shapes client testimony.
My name is Sandra Arboleda, a clinical social worker specializing in immigration evaluations and therapy. I offer a complimentary, in-house workshop for your firm designed to help your legal team build stronger cases by understanding the impact of trauma on client testimony.
This practical training moves beyond theory to provide a hands-on toolkit your attorneys and paralegals can use immediately.
What Your Team Will Learn
Five concrete skills your attorneys and paralegals can apply immediately.
Build Trust and Create Safety
Master simple but powerful techniques — like empowering clients with choice, using specific language to increase transparency, and structuring the physical environment — to make clients feel safe and facilitate disclosure.
Navigate Difficult Moments
Learn how to gently reconstruct fragmented timelines using anchoring techniques and what to do when a client shuts down or dissociates, using grounding exercises to prevent re-traumatization.
Strengthen Cases and Save Time
Use these skills to conduct regulated 1-hour interviews that yield more complete and consistent facts than multiple, disorganized sessions, leading to declarations that can withstand cross-examination.
Improve Witness Preparation
Understand the neurobiology of trauma to help clients stay regulated on the stand, ensuring their testimony is perceived as credible.
Reduce Staff Burnout
Equip your team with tools to manage the effects of secondary trauma, fostering a more resilient and sustainable practice.
A Journey for Immigration Advocates
About Sandra Arboleda, LICSW
Sandra is the founder of Arboleda Therapy and a licensed clinical social worker specializing in immigration psychological evaluations and trauma-informed care for the immigrant community. She has worked closely with immigration attorneys across the country to support complex cases.