Gabby Hancher

Hi, I'm glad you're here. My name is Gabby Hancher (they/them).
I’m a white, trans nonbinary, and queer associate therapist who has lived experience with chronic illness. I currently reside on the traditional homelands of the Clackamas, Cowlitz, and Multnomah Indigenous peoples known as Portland, OR. I am currently working towards licensure and under the clinical supervision of Quinn Rivenburgh and Selin Strait.

As a young person, I often felt very different from my peers. I was highly sensitive, creative, and attuned to much of the suffering around me. The overwhelming chaos of my childhood led me to my own healing path and eventually communities who accepted me for my contemplative nature. By embracing the truth of my experiences, I found healing modalities such as Hakomi which allowed me the space to make deep internal shifts towards being my whole self. I hope to offer this same experience to you.

As a therapist, I bring a playful and emotionally attuned approach with an orientation towards mindful, experiential theories such as Hakomi. Our time together will always be collaborative and informed by the wisdom of your own lived experience. Together we can explore the deep inner knowing that your body holds in order to help you thrive.

In a typical session, we will slow down and listen to the wisdom of your body. Together, we can discover what it is that you need to process in order to experience more integration in your life. We may work to support your own innate resilience by developing a felt sense of safety based on your own true sense of that or use the therapeutic relationship as a container to explore attachment wounding patterns through our present moment relationship. All of these experiences can offer fundamental shifts in your overall mood, the way you show up in the world, or even in your relationships. Whether you are experiencing difficulty with grief, relationships, anxiety or any number of concerns, together we can help you orient towards your inner knowing and personal agency.

I approach all of my work through a social justice lens and believe deeply that when we transform on an interpersonal level, social change ripples outwards. Accessibility, embodied experience, and trauma-informed care are important pillars of my practice. Persons of all races & ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and abilities are welcome. I am also affirming of kink, non-traditional relationship structures such as polyamory and non-monogamy, and sex work. Some of my identities hold varying levels of privilege which I always invite conversation around in session.

Outside of session, I can be found practicing magic in nature, reading comics under a cozy blanket, or making strange artistic creations for my loved ones.

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I work best with:
*Collaborative individuals
*Folks who are curious about mindfulness
*Folks who are creative and/or highly sensitive
*Folks who identify as care-givers
*Activists looking to process and integrate their experiences
*Adult parentified children
*Perfectionists
*Queer folks who want to explore their identity more deeply
*Neurodivergent individuals
*Folks who feel they've gotten what they can from talk therapy and need something else
*Folks who want a better relationship with their body
*Folks who are committed to long-term therapeutic work

At this time, I am not able to treat or assist with the following:
*Teens or Children
*Couples
*Disordered Eating
*Substance Use/Addiction Disorders
*Personality Disorders
*Folks with Severe & Persistant mental health challenges
*OCD and Phobias
*Folks who are in high levels of crisis/instability and may need team-based care
*Folks who are looking for exclusively talk therapy