MAGIS Creative Spaces

MAGIS Creative Spaces Center for healing & learning through the expressive arts. Services and programs for your wellbeing.

MAGIS Creative Spaces is a center for healing and learning through the expressive arts. As a center, we aim to create spaces of care through the personalized care and concern of our professional and trained facilitators and therapists who offer our services and programs. We are staunch advocates for the power of an arts-oriented approach to self-care, mental wellness, and resilience. MAGIS as a community also aims to increase the accessibility of opportunities for wellbeing to all sectors in society. Our services and programs are designed to enrich the experience of psychosocial interventions for mental and neurodevelopmental health interventions for growth. This is done through a combination of evidence-based, culturally relevant traditional and alternative therapies, and trauma-informed, therapeutic-practice-based programs. Services we offer:

Psychotherapy and Counseling
Creative Therapies (Expressive Arts Therapy, Art Therapy, Dance/Movement Therapy)
Psychological Assessments
Applied Behavior Analysis


Programs:

Training and workshops for organizations on psychosocial support, self-care, and expressive arts-based approaches

🌱 Beginnings can start from anywhere. But what better way to begin than to sprout from the dark earth and to reach for t...
03/01/2026

🌱 Beginnings can start from anywhere. But what better way to begin than to sprout from the dark earth and to reach for the bright sky?

We at MAGIS Creative Spaces and hope that you give birth to beautiful things and to witness it grow wings this 2026. Happy Happy New Year!

Don’t let the end of the year go by without acknowledging all that you’ve overcome this 2025. Whether it’s on a journal ...
31/12/2025

Don’t let the end of the year go by without acknowledging all that you’ve overcome this 2025. Whether it’s on a journal page, a Notes app, a small piece of paper, or even in conversation with a loved one, we invite you to list down five things under each category.

We wish you peace in being present to all you have been through the past year, and in setting intentions for the year ahead.

⭐ This time reminds us about creation, the light and life of it. And how it pierces through darkness and chaos. From all...
25/12/2025

⭐ This time reminds us about creation, the light and life of it. And how it pierces through darkness and chaos.

From all of us at MAGIS Creative Spaces and , we wish you all a blessed Christmas and holiday season, and may love, peace, and joy draw near to you! 🧡

This holiday season, we’re taking a much needed pause for reflection and recalibration for the coming year. We invite yo...
22/12/2025

This holiday season, we’re taking a much needed pause for reflection and recalibration for the coming year. We invite you as well to pace yourself when you can, and to gaze at the lights around and within.

For any concerns or inquiries, please feel free to reach out to us via DM or linktr.ee/magiscreative

Just as carpenters have their toolkit, so should we have our own well-being toolkit. On our hard days, it is where we ca...
11/12/2025

Just as carpenters have their toolkit, so should we have our own well-being toolkit. On our hard days, it is where we can draw strength, courage, reminders, and inspiration from.

From one of our previous posts, we shared about knowing our strengths or our inherent resources that can help us through the hard days. This holiday season, why not create a well-being toolkit based on them (or make one for a family or friend)? ☀️

Would you want a box like this? What else would you place inside? Share in the comments below!

Last November 18, MAGIS Creative Spaces Co-Founder and Clinical Director Dr. Gina Alfonso, was invited to present at the...
06/12/2025

Last November 18, MAGIS Creative Spaces Co-Founder and Clinical Director Dr. Gina Alfonso, was invited to present at the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Conference (NCPC) at the Asian Institute of Management, Makati City.

Through sharing about experiences and lessons from the work of , MAGIS, and , Dr. Gina posed points for reflection: how can the practice of the arts and the awareness and reverence for indigenous culture, form our response to the need for care for individual and collective wellbeing?

The talk was also a primer on how the expressive arts practice in the Philippines is being shaped through these questions. It is a growing field that is aligned with psychosocial support, healthcare, education, social work, culture preservation, and more. In particular, it is shaping community-based care fuelled by shared culture in our nation that is steeped in creative expression, storytelling, and a practice of reverence.

When we first met with NU-MOA to discuss a possible session with their students, the objective was simple but meaningful...
03/12/2025

When we first met with NU-MOA to discuss a possible session with their students, the objective was simple but meaningful: to give students the space to experience wellbeing through the arts. We’re grateful for the trust of the Guidance Counseling team for this collaboration to mark NU-MOA’s Mental Health Month 🧡

In a hectic season of deadlines, tests, and commitments, speaker-facilitator Isa Garcia took the students through an exploration of Creative Calm: finding out how the expressive arts can help with self-regulation. 🌱

What can you expect in a 15-min consultation with us? As a brief conversation with a mental health clinician, it’s the b...
28/11/2025

What can you expect in a 15-min consultation with us? As a brief conversation with a mental health clinician, it’s the beginning of your wellbeing journey.

🔸 The journey starts with a scheduled audio/video call with a mental health clinician.

🔸 You’ll be asked questions about yourself, your concerns, preferences, and your current support system.

🔸 After the consultation, and if you wish to proceed, we’ll match you with a therapist, and contact you for the schedule of your first therapy session.

For more questions, or if you’re ready to book your 15-min consultation, message us or find more details through linktr.ee/magiscreative . The 15-minute consultation is free of charge for new clients. 🌱

If you need a listening ear for what you’re feeling, we’re here at MAGIS Creative Spaces.You’ll find thoughtful support ...
25/11/2025

If you need a listening ear for what you’re feeling, we’re here at MAGIS Creative Spaces.

You’ll find thoughtful support through psychotherapy, creative therapy, counseling, support groups, and expressive programs.

💛 Connect with us for a FREE 15-min consultation at linktr.ee/magiscreative

For a duyan (hammock), where it’s tied and where it’s placed is crucial in feeling supported. To discover more of what y...
19/11/2025

For a duyan (hammock), where it’s tied and where it’s placed is crucial in feeling supported. To discover more of what your duyan and pillars are, we invite you to do this little activity:

🌳 Draw two trees, and in the middle of it, draw yourself in a duyan.

🌳 What cradles and supports you? Write this down in the duyan part of your drawing. It could be something that gives you rest like gardening, hiking, journaling, napping, to name a few.

🌳 Who lets your rest? Write these on the leaves of the trees. This can be teammates who fill in for you when you need to recover, or a family member who cares for you when you get sick or need downtime.

🌳 And on the ground, write down your core beliefs that will always be there for you should you fall. This could be your principles, your faith, or even affirmations that help you remember your strength.

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If you want to start Duyan Support Groups in your community, connect with us through DM or our contact details through linktr.ee/magiscreative 🧡

On hard days, we might need a map to find our way back to our inherent resources.Expressive arts therapist Carmen Richar...
23/10/2025

On hard days, we might need a map to find our way back to our inherent resources.

Expressive arts therapist Carmen Richardson categorizes three types of resources:

💛 Inside resources - what traits do I have that make me feel alive, happy, peaceful, comforted, content, or proud?

📙 Outside resources - which places, people, activities, hobbies, music, stories, etc help me nurture more positive/healthy feelings or perspectives?

🙌 Body resources - what movements can my body do that encourage a sense of control over my thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and actions?

Write down or take photos of your resources to help you remember them when you need a boost of courage or energy.

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📖: Expressive Arts Therapy for Traumatized Children and Adolescents by Carmen Richardson (Routledge, 2015)

When the team of Design Week Philippines shared their vision for this year's theme, we realized one thing: that the syst...
10/10/2025

When the team of Design Week Philippines shared their vision for this year's theme, we realized one thing: that the systems we live in are shifting towards ginhawa, towards wellbeing. What used to be, just under a decade ago, a topic discussed modestly in group contexts, now has a consistently growing platform on a collective scale. We see the shift reflected in our conversations with organizations and communities too - conversations that are searching for solutions to wicked problems, and discovering that the answer just might be in cultivating wellbeing. They are looking for the design of human services and experiences for groups and communities, that go beyond the service model designed for individuals.

We're grateful to join DTI - Design Center of the Philippines in opening Design Week Philippines 2025. Our Founder and Clinical Director, Gina Alfonso, will be moderating the panel discussion with Lucky Lopez, Misha Quimpo, and Carl Cervantes. They will explore how the role of design can bridge ginhawa - wellbeing and care - and our sense of growth and productivity as a society. See you there! 🌸

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111 Cordillera Street Ayala Alabang
Muntinlupa City
1728

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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We are a center for Healing and Learning through the Arts. We serve individuals, groups, organizations and communities, as a collaborative of providers who believe that social transformation begins with the holistic development and wellness of every individual. We promote psychosocial, physical, and mental wellness, creative growth, and service through expressive, educational, and therapeutic programs.