Vida Serena
Practical guides for individuals, families, and immigration attorneys. Understand your options, prepare useful questions, and find your next step in English or Spanish.
Individuals & families
You may be looking for emotional support in Spanish, trying to understand an immigration evaluation, or helping a family member. Start with the question closest to your situation. These guides explain what to ask, how to prepare, and where clinical and legal guidance have different roles.
Immigration evaluations
A practical guide to immigration mental health evaluations: preparing, Spanish-language interviews, records, privacy, and questions to ask before booking.
Read the guide →Hardship evaluations
Understand the clinical role of a hardship waiver evaluation, whose experiences matter, and how separation or relocation may affect daily functioning.
Read the guide →Asylum evaluations
Understand the clinical role of an asylum evaluation, how to prepare, what attorneys can clarify, and English or Spanish appointments in Sandy and across Utah.
Read the guide →U-visa evaluations
Learn what a U-visa mental health evaluation can document, how it differs from certification, and how clients and attorneys can prepare in English or Spanish.
Read the guide →Bilingual therapy
Questions about Spanish-language therapy, cultural fit, costs, teen appointments, and in-person visits in Sandy or virtual care throughout Utah.
Read the guide →Teen therapy
A practical guide for Utah families: teen language preferences, first appointments, parent involvement, privacy questions, and therapy in Sandy or virtually.
Read the guide →Attorneys & authorized representatives
A useful referral identifies who needs the evaluation and which clinical questions will inform the matter. Our guide covers scope by case category, separation and relocation questions, relevant records, deadlines, and report independence.
I-601/I-601A waivers, asylum, VAWA, U visas, T visas, and cancellation of removal raise different referral questions. Inadmissibility-related behavioral requests require individual scope and qualification review. See the service page for boundaries.
For focused clinical questions, see the guides to asylum evaluations and U-visa evaluations.
Plan an immigration evaluation referral: clinical questions, qualifying-relative scope, relevant records, deadlines, bilingual coordination, and independent findings.
Read the referral checklist →Please do not send records, immigration identifiers, or detailed case narratives through the public form. Ask about an appropriate transmission channel first.
Help finding your way
These external resources complement our guides. Legal directories help you find providers; they do not establish that an organization can take your case. Confirm services, eligibility, and availability directly. Vida Serena provides mental health assessment and care, rather than legal representation.
Learn who can provide immigration legal assistance and what to check before sharing documents or paying for help.
Official rosters include a list by state. Look for Utah and confirm current accreditation, scope, and availability directly with the organization.
A directory for people in immigration-court proceedings. Find the relevant court and ask providers about eligibility and capacity; a listing does not guarantee representation.
A reference for counsel on hardship factors and circumstances. Our guide explains the clinical role; your representative interprets the legal requirements for your matter.
An introduction to psychotherapy, questions to ask a therapist, and resources for finding mental health care.
Consider privacy, technology, and practical arrangements when deciding what to ask before a virtual appointment.
Vida Serena is accepting new clients for therapy and mental health immigration evaluations in English and Spanish, for adults and adolescents age 12 and older. Virtual appointments are for people physically located in Utah during service. Each evaluation requires review of its purpose and clinical suitability.
You may inquire about an evaluation with or without an attorney. If you are looking for ongoing therapy, tell us so we can discuss the appropriate kind of support. Fees, scope, and scheduling are clarified before booking.