Amplify Your Impact With Coaching and Consultation

Grounded in real-world experience and an unwavering commitment to equity, Gabriela is a trusted consultant for leaders, nonprofits, corporations, and governments seeking to increase their impact in service of their mission.

An Approach Rooted in Expertise, Experience, and Empowerment

Gabriela brings a rare combination of clinical and leadership acumen, rooted in a deep respect for the people and communities they serve. With real-world experience spanning direct service, program and organizational leadership, and macro social work, Gabriela uses an empowering approach to building meaningful, sustainable change.

Whether partnering with you one-on-one as a leader or collaborating with your organization or public agency, Gabriela honors your unique history, culture, and mission while creating space for authentic dialogue, shared problem-solving, and actionable solutions.

Known for connecting across all levels — from community members to senior leadership — Gabriela will help you lean into challenges, build on your strengths, and lead with integrity and vision. A seasoned leader who never loses sight of what it means to both need and provide services, Gabriela’s work is grounded, responsive, and transformative.

Consultation Services Include:

  • Leadership coaching for both emerging and seasoned leaders

  • Public speaking coaching (including content, delivery, and confidence-building)

  • Staff training and capacity building in approaches such as Motivational Interviewing, Cultural Humility, Anti-Racism, Trauma-Informed Care, Harm Reduction, Crisis Prevention, and more (see public speaking and training for more information)

  • Staff and organizational wellness (including topics such as developing a culture of learning and addressing staff/organizational trauma, moral injury, and burnout)

  • Organizational assessments and quality improvement

  • Program design and implementation 

  • Evidence-based practice as a noun (i.e. adopting and adapting established best practices) and a verb (i.e. monitoring program processes and outcomes)

  • Navigating transformational change

  • Integrating mental health, substance use, and/or gender-based violence services into existing programs and settings

  • Organizational visioning and strategic planning tailored to your mission, culture, and community needs

  • Public policy consultation to decrease unintended negative impacts and increase equity for marginalized, underserved, and trauma-impacted community members

“We have had the privilege of working with Gabriela Zapata-Alma and receiving their support through both clinical supervision and organizational consultation. Gabriela has brought a trauma-informed lens to every interaction by creating a space that is not only safe and supportive but also empowering for our social worker when navigating complex clinical situations. Their supervision has been grounded in expertise, cultural humility, and lived experience. This has made their guidance both practical and transformative. As a consultant, Gabriela has offered strategic insight and clear actionable feedback that respects the unique context and needs of our organization. I highly recommend their services to anyone who is seeking thoughtful, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed leadership.”

– Organizational Consultation and Clinical Supervision Client

 Gabriela supports leaders and organizations across a wide range of fields, including:

  • Mental health, behavioral health, substance use, and harm reduction

  • Healthcare, hospitals, and public health

  • Child, youth, and family 

  • Housing and houselessness 

  • Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, including cultural humility, cultural responsiveness, anti-racism, and anti-oppression

  • Culturally-specific, particularly Black, Indigenous, Latine, LGBTQ+, Trans/GNC, and gender-specific

  • Peer-based and lived/living expertise

  • People with living and/or lived expertise, peer-based, and peer-led

  • Schools and other educational institutions

  • University research, particularly in the areas of mental health, substance use, minority health, rural health, trauma, and violence

  • Legal systems and organizations working with people impacted by legal systems

  • Anti-violence, particularly gender-based violence and community violence

  • Government agencies from local to national levels, including territories and tribal nations

  • Corporate and workplace wellness