mitigating your life 

My path as a social worker led me to forensic social work and mitigation. Most notably used in capital cases where someone’s life is at stake, a mitigation specialist uncovers a person’s life history - not to excuse but to understand how someone got to that place in their life.

The mitigation narrative serves as a humanizing story of someone’s life. Things are never as black and white as society’s crime and punishment system makes it out to be.

By using the same principles, we can apply this own process to our own life.

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in clinical practice, I have experience in identifying and treating complex trauma. Through a bio-psycho-social-spiritual lens, I translate clients’ life experience into a social history narrative.

Please email me at rshivshanker.lcsw@gmail.com to inquire about my availability.

Record collection, review & analysis

Mitigation investigation

Assessing the need for evaluation by additional experts

Preparation of psychosocial histories & alternative sentencing memorandums

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALs

  • B.A. Political Science, Loyola Marymount University

  • M.S.W., University of Southern California

  • National Organization of Forensic Social Work, Forensic Social Work Certificate & Mitigation Certificate

“Each of us is more than the

worst thing we’ve ever done.”

Bryan Stevenson