Gabay

IMPORTANT NOTE: This offering will not be held in a clinical capacity. Gabes has the right to say no to inquiries about therapy referrals and concerns about one’s personal mental health.

“I am a better person because of my Gabay sessions with Gabes.

Gabes has a gift where they exude kindness while allowing those they interact with to feel seen, heard, and understood. When I first began my Gabay sessions, I felt very stuck in my personal decolonization journey with my mental health and generational trauma. I was so unaware of how western healthcare systems were not only failing me, but also making me feel so disconnected from community.

Gabes created a safe space for learning and co-regulation, and always ensured I left every session with helpful tools. Gabes has also guided me through some very difficult times. Whether it was guiding me on ancestral and familial connectedness, processing my neurodivergent diagnosis, or how to navigate political systems to support my community, they were there for all of it. There are not enough words to express the gratitude I have for my time with Gabes. Because I know them, I have been changed for good.”
—Jordy P., Program Manager- Youth Employment & Higher Ed Support Services

More testimonials from community members at the end of this page.

We’re so glad you’re here.

Gabay (n. guide) is a place where Gabes can support you in your work. This offering is for practitioners of justice-centered mental health and community organizing.

In your time together, you may engage with the following themes:

• Anti-oppression in the realms of
  • mental health
  • education
  • creativity
  • organizing
  • spirituality
• Transformative justice, mutual aid, and community safety
• Ancestral trauma, interconnectedness, and medicine
• Racial, migration, and postcolonial trauma
• Internalized oppression and colonial mentality
• International solidarity

Frequency: Completing the form allows for a one-time meeting.

If you wish to have more than one session, you may have a conversation with Gabes during or towards the end of your first session to discuss on whether it’s a good fit and then decide on next steps together.

Duration: A session will be 50 minutes in length depending on the topic/s or questions you intend to address.

Rate: In the spirit of mutual aid, this will be a donations-based offering with an encouraged rate of $150 USD depending on your capacity at this time. A portion of the funds from Gabay are redistributed to the community care network for human rights defenders, activists, refugees, and justice-centered artists in Southeast Asia (mostly the Philippines).

IMPORTANT REMINDER: This offering will not be held in a clinical capacity. Gabes has the right to say no to inquiries about therapy referrals and concerns about one’s personal mental health.

Finding therapeutic care is absolutely possible, and you may use a search engine to find therapists near you. Some helpful resource pages in finding clinical services for people of the global majority / racialized folks: Ayana Therapy, Therapy for Black Girls, Inclusive Therapists, Healing in Colour (based in so-called Canada), and Open Path Collective.

The process starts by completing this form. Its purpose is to get to know you and to see what questions or topics you intend to engage with during this meeting. It basically asks how Gabes can support you in your time together.

After you complete this form, Gabes’ team will review your submission and reach out to you about the decision whether or not to move forward with a consultation.

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Grateful you stopped by.

“I have been working with Gabes on and off for the past three years. As a mental health therapist and a woman of color (mixed Filipina and White), I am sensitive to the types of people I let into my life in a mentoring or coaching capacity. Gabes has offered me safety and her attuned presence to explore vulnerable aspects of my cultural background and ancestry.

She has gently encouraged and welcomed me to step into my power and agency all the while guiding me back to the healing spaces of community. I wholeheartedly recommend Gabes if you are looking for a space to feel seen, challenged, and encouraged to re-member who you are individually and within the collective.”
—Angel M., mental health therapist

“Gabes provided a carefully curated guide that helped me move toward a more relational percipience of my faith. Each step or movement was gentle, loving and clarifying – more a journey than a set of instructions.

My time with her in conversation was eye-opening.”
—Donna L.

“I reached out to Gabes when I was in a place of deep longing for ancestral connection. I discovered them from a podcast and instantly fell in love with not only their work, but their essence. While working together, Gabes helped me reconnect with my cultural lineage as a Filipina American and helped me work through so much intergenerational trauma.

Gabes held such a beautiful space for my grief and encouraged me to invite playfulness and a lightness of heart while navigating such deep waters. Because of our time together, I was able to access ancestral joy in a deep and meaningful way that still sustains me even 3 years after our sessions. Gabes is a beautiful embodiment of eros and childlike wonder, while holding the wisdom of a sage-like elder. Our work together has helped me tremendously on my path and I am forever grateful.”
—Melissa Barayang

“I initially reached out to Gabes because I was just starting my journey towards decolonization, and it was clear to me that Gabes had a lot of knowledge in this area. In our sessions, I always felt incredibly supported and understood, and I learned so much about myself during our time together.

Gabes has this amazing way of helping you see yourself more clearly, almost like holding up a mirror to your own wisdom. Their style of guiding feels as if I’m experiencing a beautiful poem unfolding, and I’m truly grateful to Gabes for the healing that took place during my time with them.”
—Valerie R.