Powerful Mind Counselling
Discover & Connect –
Couples Therapy
Intensive
Voted Best Marriage Counsellor in Richmond
Powerful Mind Counselling was voted as the Best Marriage Counsellor in the 2024 Quality Business Awards.
Powerful Mind Counselling
Discover & Connect:
Couples Therapy
Intensive
Voted Best Marriage Counsellor in Richmond
Powerful Mind Counselling was voted as the Best Marriage Counsellor in the 2024 Quality Business Awards.
We offer both in-person and virtual couples counselling from our Richmond, Vancouver and White Rock/South Surrey offices, and serve clients across British Columbia through secure virtual sessions.
If you’re looking to give your relationship a strong and meaningful kickstart—or if you’re facing scheduling challenges—our Gottman Method Intensives provide timely, extended, and focused support to help you make faster progress and lasting change.
Benefits of Extended Gottman Couples Counselling Sessions
- Greater convenience and flexibility in scheduling
- Ability to address urgent concerns right away, with more time to process
- Accelerated progress leading to faster, more meaningful change
- Support for healing and reconnection, especially after betrayal or trust issues
- Tools to break free from recurring, painful conflict patterns
- In-depth exploration and more time to practice interventions and strategies
- Opportunities to slow down, regulate emotions, and build emotional safety
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What’s Included in the Initial Intensive (5-Hour / 300-Minute Session)
The Gottman Method begins with a comprehensive relationship assessment. Traditionally, this is completed over several sessions—but with our intensive format, it’s all done in one sitting for quicker insight and direction.
- Joint Couples Session (90 minutes)
- Meet together with the therapist
- Explore your relationship history, strengths, challenges, and goals
- Begin building trust and comfort in the therapy space
- Individual Sessions (120 minutes total)
- Each partner meets separately with the therapist
- A chance to share personal background, perspectives, and concerns
- Gottman Relationship Checkup Review (90 minutes)
Note: Questionnaires are completed online beforehand
- Based on a research-backed assessment tool that identifies patterns, strengths, and challenges
- Discuss results together to gain insight into your relationship dynamics
- Identify key themes and goals to create a personalized therapy roadmap
Follow-Up Gottman Sessions – Intervention Phase
Choose between 180-minute (3-hour) extended sessions or 90-minute (1.5-hour) standard sessions, depending on your needs and availability.
Intervention work may include skill-building in areas such as:
- Recognizing and addressing the “Four Horsemen” (criticism, defensiveness, contempt, stonewalling) with effective antidotes
- Processing past “Regrettable Incidents” so you both feel heard and understood
- Rebuilding friendship, intimacy, romance, and rekindling your sex life
- Deepening emotional connection through “Love Maps” and appreciation exercises
What’s Included in the Initial Intensive (5-Hour / 300-Minute Session)
The Gottman Method begins with a comprehensive relationship assessment. Traditionally, this is completed over several sessions—but with our intensive format, it’s all done in one sitting for quicker insight and direction.
- Joint Couples Session (90 minutes)
- Meet together with the therapist
- Explore your relationship history, strengths, challenges, and goals
- Begin building trust and comfort in the therapy space
- Individual Sessions (120 minutes total)
- Each partner meets separately with the therapist
- A chance to share personal background, perspectives, and concerns
- Gottman Relationship Checkup Review (90 minutes)
Note: Questionnaires are completed online beforehand
- Based on a research-backed assessment tool that identifies patterns, strengths, and challenges
- Discuss results together to gain insight into your relationship dynamics
- Identify key themes and goals to create a personalized therapy roadmap
Follow-Up Gottman Sessions – Intervention Phase
Choose between 180-minute (3-hour) extended sessions or 90-minute (1.5-hour) standard sessions, depending on your needs and availability.
Intervention work may include skill-building in areas such as:
- Recognizing and addressing the “Four Horsemen” (criticism, defensiveness, contempt, stonewalling) with effective antidotes
- Processing past “Regrettable Incidents” so you both feel heard and understood
- Rebuilding friendship, intimacy, romance, and rekindling your sex life
- Deepening emotional connection through “Love Maps” and appreciation exercises
- Initial Intensive Assessment (5 Hours / 300 Minutes) – $1,170
- Follow-Up Sessions
- 3-Hour (180 Minutes / Extended Format) – $700
- 1.5-Hour (90 Minutes / Standard Format) – $350
Note: Rates for sessions with the Clinical Director may differ. Please refer to the Jane booking app for current rates.
Cancellation Policy
Because extended sessions require significant time to be reserved in our schedule, our cancellation policies are as follows:
- Initial 300-Minute Intensive Sessions – 3 weeks’ notice required
- Follow-Up 180-Minute Sessions – 1 week’s notice required
- Follow-Up 90-Minute Sessions – 48 hours’ notice required
Cancellations made outside of these windows will be charged the full session fee. We appreciate your understanding.
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