We’ve taken the best bits of coaching, counselling, and personal development to create practical professional counselling that helps guys figure themselves out. We help men improve their mental agility so they function better and win at life more often.
The Manifest
Method
The Manifest Method
Humans have risen to the top of the food chain and conquered the planet to build a world that satisfies our basic needs. But despite our technical brilliance, we’ve let our emotional intelligence get flabby and have become our own worst enemies. Feelings overtake our actions and negative situations spiral out of control because we don’t understand ourselves.
Uncontrollable feelings and life setbacks don’t have to end badly. In fact, by learning mental dexterity and emotional intelligence, negative feelings and situations can be turned into opportunities that suit our interests. Emotional intelligence is about understanding our feelings, managing our behaviours, and confronting the difficult issues we face with insight. But emotional intelligence isn’t a talent. It’s learned.
The Manifest Method takes the best parts of coaching, counselling and personal development to create practical professional counselling that men can understand and engage with. We take the mystery out of therapy by delivering straight talk that helps guys figure out why they’re malfunctioning so they can develop the mental agility and acumen to determine their future and turn crisis into opportunity. Through our pragmatic method we can typically help a guy figure themselves out in about eight sessions. So, what are you waiting for?
Know Yourself
We help you figure out what you're feeling so you can manage your behaviours better.
Learn Resilience
When you understand yourself, you'll be prepared to deal with anything that life throws at you.
Hit Your Potential
Figure out who you are, and who you could be, to manifest the best version of yourself.
Function Better
Be your own coach and prepare for uncertainty. Function better in life and improve your future.
Laying the Groundwork
You know you need help with something, but what? You and your counsellor will talk
about what is and isn’t going well in your life, helping you better understand what
needs to change, and setting some clear goals you want to work toward.. This is a collaboration with your counsellor - remember, you are the expert in your own life. You’ll develop a game-plan for approaching your goal, keeping in mind that it may change throughout the process.
Laying the Groundwork
You know you need help with something, but what? You and your counsellor will talk about what is and isn’t going well in your life, helping you better understand what needs to change, and setting some clear goals you want to work toward.. This is a collaboration with your counsellor - remember, you are the expert in your own life. You’ll develop a game-plan for approaching your goal, keeping in mind that it may change throughout the process.
Laying the Groundwork
You know you need help with something, but what? You and your counsellor will talk
about what is and isn’t going well in your life, helping you better understand what
needs to change, and setting some clear goals you want to work toward.. This is a collaboration with your counsellor - remember, you are the expert in your own life. You’ll develop a game-plan for approaching your goal, keeping in mind that it may change throughout the process.
Manifest the
Best You
Manifest the Best You
Dealing with feelings and difficult situations in a constructive manner is not something that men are typically trained to handle. Through professional counselling our objective is to help guys develop the mental dexterity they need to deal with whatever life throws at them.
You’ll need to bring the desire to improve and the ability to reflect while being accountable for your progress. It’s not going to be easy, but it will give you life-long strategies that can bring you closer to your best self.
We believe that by teaching men about emotional intelligence and resilience that we can improve their mental agility to help them get better at life.
Win At Life
More Often
Taking Action
I just needed a practical way of working through the problem. I didn’t want to be on the couch. I wanted to take action.
Andy, 48
Honest Talk
It’s a refreshing way of looking at myself. I’ve tried counselling before, but this is more honest. More objective. More real.
Kevin, 36
Making Progress
I still have a way to go, but I feel like I understand what’s getting in my way better. I haven’t been able to get that from talking before.
Xander, 32
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mental agility and
wellbeing.
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We work with guys to figure out what is holding them back or causing them to malfunction in life. Sometimes it’s historic and sometimes it’s situational, regardless, we help guys identify, articulate and conquer it. By understanding what our barriers are, we resolve them.
Yes. You’ll develop mechanisms that you can trigger yourself so that you don’t need to keep coming back. The goal is for you to be able to counsel yourself into higher performance behaviour in real-time.
We mutually agree on goals, metrics and milestones using a clear process to determine what you need to accomplish by when.
Most guys come for an hour of counselling and that’s $160 but you can book shorter or longer increments. If it’s determined that you’d benefit from a psychologist, they are available at $220 per hour. Most of the cost is covered by medical insurance or employer benefits and any portion remaining can be made via Visa, Mastercard or Visa Debit.
Standard sessions:
50 mins Counselling – $160 plus applicable taxes
75 mins Counselling – $200 plus applicable taxes
90 mins Counselling – $240 plus applicable taxes
‘Booster/quick support sessions’:
30 mins Counselling – $85 plus applicable taxes
Couples to Counselling:
50 mins Counselling – $180 plus applicable taxes
90 mins Counselling – $270 plus applicable taxes
We don’t want women to feel excluded and they’re welcome to come, either for themselves or for help dealing with a man in their life. Just know that we tailor our services specifically towards male behaviours, perceptions and attitudes to increase their understanding of the material.
We offer help to women who are worried about a man in their life and we offer to bring spouses and partners into counselling sessions if appropriate. We are inclusive and sensitive to all sexual orientations and gender identities.
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Our program blends evidence-based counselling with practical tools tailored for men. It’s direct, structured, and results-focused—no guesswork or endless talking.
No diagnosis or doctor’s note needed. Whether you’re dealing with stress or just feeling stuck, we’re here to help.
We do our best to work within a framework that blends the best aspects of coaching and professional development with traditional counselling.
The focus is to deliver therapy in a way that's most receptive for men which includes developing practical tools, solutions and coping mechanisms while setting goals towards improving overall personal well-being.
Our priorities include making sure that the clinician you are working with is A: Clinically equipped to support you with your needs and B: a therapist we feel you would connect best with.
Our goal is to equipped you with the tools & coping mechanisms needed to tackle presenting issues and life's challenges while not in the room with your therapist.
It depends. We’re here to help you understand yourself and why you act the way you do, which may or may not be related to your childhood. Once we determine the root cause of what’s holding you back, we’ll set goals for your desired life, and help you get it.
No. Most guys come to us without prior history of a condition. Modern life is complex and requires a lot from us. Our ability to comfortably navigate daily life depends greatly on our mental abilities. Guys come to us to develop those abilities. Confronting your limiting aspects and moving towards a more rewarding and satisfying life doesn’t mean you have mental issues. We also successfully work with guys with ‘actual’ diagnoses.
All of our Counsellors have a Master’s degree and are Registered Clinical Counsellors (R.C.C), Canadian Certified Counsellors (C.C.C) or Registered Professional Counsellors (RPC through CPCA). These credentials are covered by most third party extended health insurers.
Our Vancouver-based men's therapy helps with anxiety, depression, stress management, relationship challenges, career transitions, personal development, and general mental wellness. We work with both diagnosed conditions and men simply looking to improve their mental performance.
Yes. We offer a free 30-minute consultation so you can ask questions and see how our approach works before committing.
Yes, most extended health plans cover our Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCC) and Canadian Certified Counsellors (CCC).