Gabes Torres: Colonialism, Healing & Hope
Gabes Torres is an anti-oppressive researcher, decolonized psychotherapist, artist, speaker, and seer. Gabes was born and raised in the Philippines, and is a descendant of the Aeta Indigenous tribes of the Luzon and Mindanao islands. She comes from an ancestral lineage of nomadic healers, musicians & poets, theologians, educators, and revolutionists.
Gabes has been active in the work of antiracism and decolonization, particularly in the fields of mental health, education, spirituality, music, and community organizing. She is a racial and migration trauma-informed psychotherapist, and intends to decolonize the therapeutic space by politicizing it — especially since the world of mental health is not excluded from having origins and cultures of white supremacy and racism.
Gabes created and facilitates the Heritage Workshop, a BIPOC only space that explores what it is like to connect with our ancestors through our individual and collective stories, our bodies, and in community with kin and the Earth. She also offers clinical support and care at recovery centers that house survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence.
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