Built to Last
A 6-week Relationship Strengthening Workshop for Couples
Step into emotional responsibility. Deepen trust. Build a relationship that can withstand pressure.
You love each other.
But love alone isn’t working so well during conflict. You’re talking things through, but nothing ever seems to resolve. Things just keep getting heavier, and you’re not sure why your partner feels so distant.
Built to Last is a 6-week intensive workshop for couples who want to rebuild the foundation of their relationship to become more emotionally responsible, more connected, and more intentional.
Meet your facilitators
Gordon Derry is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor. He loves working with couples and is passionate about helping partners move beyond surface-level conflict into deeper understanding, emotional responsibility, and repair.
His work focuses on helping couples slow down, understand what is happening underneath their reactions, and build the capacity to communicate with more honesty, courage, and care. Through his grounded and experiential approach, Gordon helps couples step through discomfort, reach for each other more clearly, and build relationships with greater trust, vulnerability, and resilience.
FAQs
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Built to Last is for couples who:
Want to strengthen their relationship
Are dating, engaged, married or common-law
Want better communication and repair
Feel stuck in recurring patterns
Want to deepen trust and vulnerability
Are willing to reflect on themselves, not just blame their partner
This workshop is best suited for couples who are stable enough to participate in group learning and private couple exercises.
This is not designed for couples in acute crisis, active abuse, ongoing affairs, or situations where on partner feels unsafe
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Pricing is total for the couple
Early Bird Pricing available before Aug. 15th, 2026 - $900 ($150/session)
Regular pricing booked after Aug. 15th, 2026 - $1200 ($200/session)
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This workshop will be held at our downtown office Bridge Counseling 115 2nd Ave N. Suite 203.
Alternative location may be required based on registrants
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Wednesdays @ 7:00-9pm weekly Sept 2nd to Oct. 7th, 2025
What is this Workshop?
Week 1: Relationship Blueprint
We explore why relationships exist and what makes them meaningful. You’ll identify the blueprint you inherited and begin deciding what you want to carry forward, and what you want to change.
Week 2: Conflict Literacy
This week focuses on the conflict cycle. You’ll learn common relationship dynamics.
Week 3 Emotional responsibility and Repair
This week focuses on emotional containment, taking accountability, and learning to show up in repair without defending, blaming, or disengaging.
Week 4: Intimacy & Vulnerability
This week, we focus on emotional presence, honesty, softness, and the ability to let yourself be seen.
Week 5: Resources, Roles & Shared Vision
This week we talk about structural pieces to keep your life moving together with more clarity, honesty and care.
Week 6: Commitment & Identity
This week focuses on who you are becoming in your relationship.
