For clients who are BIPOC, immigrants, children of immigrants, or from diverse backgrounds
Uncover your stories, challenge old patterns that no longer serve you, and create a life that reflects your truth, your strength, and your joy. Step fully into a life that feels authentically and wholly yours.
Virtual Therapy Across Ontario
Does This Feel Like You?
Your family, culture, and high expectations pull you in different directions? Old patterns repeat, and emotions stay bottled up? There’s a safe place to explore, reflect, and grow.
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Pa•dá•yon
(adv.) “to continue,” “carry on,” or “move forward”
Padayon is a Visayan word meaning “to continue,” “carry on,” or “move forward.” It captures the quiet decision to keep going, not through pressure or urgency, but through intention and self-trust. Padayon honours the idea that growth is not always loud or linear; sometimes it is simply choosing to take the next step.
Written in Baybayin, the ancient pre-colonial Filipino script, Padayon bridges cultural heritage with modern mental health care. It speaks to Filipino, BIPOC, and immigrant communities navigating generational patterns, cultural transitions, and personal growth. At its heart, Padayon is about moving forward in a way that feels aligned, empowered, and true to who you are.
Our Approach
At Padayon Therapy Space, we believe everyone deserves support, especially those navigating the complexities of identity, culture, family, and life transitions. We work with Filipino and Filipino-Canadian individuals, BIPOC communities, immigrants and children of immigrants, perfectionists, people-pleasers, high achievers, and cycle-breakers, those ready to better understand themselves and challenge patterns that no longer serve them.
Our approach meets you where you are, honouring your culture, identity, values, and personal journey. We recognize that for many Filipino and BIPOC clients, family expectations, cultural values, generational patterns, and the experience of navigating multiple cultures can shape how we understand ourselves and our relationships.
We combine empathy, cultural responsiveness, and evidence-based tools to help you better understand your experiences, reconnect with your inner strengths, and develop healthier ways of relating to yourself and others. Therapy is a space to explore what you've carried, what you want to let go of, and what you want to carry forward.
Together, we create space for vulnerability, growth, healing, and meaningful change so you can build a life that feels authentic, fulfilling, and truly your own.
Our services
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Individual Therapy
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Couples Therapy
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Youth Therapy
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AFFORDABLE THERAPY PROGRAM
Virtual Support for Teens, Adults & BIPOC Communities across Ontario
We provide accessible, virtual therapy for teens, adolescents, adults, couples and dyads, with a focus on supporting Asians, Filipinx, BIPOC communities, immigrants, and 2SLGBTQ+ individuals.
Sliding scale rates range from $70–$140, with limited spots available to ensure accessible mental health support for those in need.
Meet Mayu
Mayu is a 1.5-generation Filipino therapist who understands what it’s like to grow up balancing family expectations, cultural pressure, and your own dreams. She works with high achievers, perfectionists, people-pleasers, cycle-breakers, and 2SLGBTQI+ clients, helping them feel seen, heard, and understood.
Fluent in English and Filipino/Tagalog, Mayu creates a space where you can express yourself fully and comfortably. She combines cultural understanding with evidence-based therapy to help clients process emotions, break old patterns, and move forward with confidence and clarity.
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Interested in Sharing Your Story?
If you are part of the Asian, Filipino, or BIPOC community and would like to share your mental health journey whether about immigration, identity, or life experiences~we’d love to hear from you.
Please reach out to our office coordinator, Hannah, at info.padayontherapy@gmail.com to submit your post or learn more about contributing.
Your story could inspire and support others navigating similar experiences.
