If you are searching for couples therapy in Napier, you can work with us either in person, a short drive away in Havelock North, or online from wherever you are. We are Grant and Christine Wattie. We have been married 40 years, we are Gottman, Imago and EFT trained, and we have spent more than twenty years helping couples turn things around, including our own marriage when it was close to ending.

Napier couples come to us for different reasons. Some are in real crisis, an affair, a partner who has said they are done, a marriage that has gone silent. Others are not in crisis at all, just quietly drifting and wanting to catch it before it becomes one. We work with both. What we do not do is keep you in open-ended weekly sessions that rehash the same arguments. We go to the dynamic underneath and change it, which is why couples feel movement quickly.

For Napier couples, the in-person option is close and easy. We are based in Havelock North, around twenty minutes away, so sitting in the room together is easy to arrange when that is what a season calls for. When life is busy or the timing is hard, online sessions work just as well, and many of our Napier couples mix the two.

Our approach is warm and direct. We say the true thing, including what most couples are avoiding. We draw on the Inside-Out Method, and for couples in acute crisis the Phoenix Protocol, our crisis approach for affairs, threatened separation, or shutdown. Around 85 to 90 percent of couples who do the work see the dynamic begin to shift within 7 days, with the deeper rebuild continuing from there.

The way in is a free 15-minute call. You tell us where things are, and we are honest about what we think is possible and whether we are the right fit. No pressure, no script.

If you want couples therapy in Napier, book a free 15-minute call. Tell us where things are. We will be honest about what is possible.

Do you see Napier couples in person? Yes. We are based in Havelock North, around twenty minutes from Napier, and see couples face to face there, as well as online. Many Napier couples mix in-person and online sessions.

Is this the same as ongoing weekly therapy? No. Rather than open-ended weekly sessions, we work at the level of the dynamic between you, which is why change tends to come faster. We are results-focused, not session-focused.

What if our marriage is in crisis? That is exactly what the Phoenix Protocol is for, our approach for affairs, threatened separation, or complete shutdown. We help couples stabilise quickly, then rebuild.

How do we begin? With a free 15-minute call. You tell us what is happening, and we tell you plainly whether we can help and what the path looks like.