If you are looking for marriage counselling in Havelock North, you can work with us in person here in the village where we live and practise. We are Grant and Christine Wattie. We have been married for 40 years, we have trained in Gottman, Imago and EFT, and we have spent more than two decades helping couples come back from the brink and build something they actually want. This is home for us, and we see local couples face to face.

Most couples who reach out are not looking for years of weekly sessions that circle the same ground. They want change, and they want to understand what is actually going on between them. That is the work we do. We do not treat you as broken. We help you see the dynamic you are both caught in, and we work at the level of who you are being, which is why the shift tends to come faster than people expect.

Being local matters for the in-person work. We are based in Havelock North, a few minutes from Hastings and a short drive from Napier, so couples across Hawke’s Bay can sit in the room with us rather than only meeting on a screen. For some couples, especially in a hard season, being in the same room changes what is possible. For others, online works just as well, and we offer that too across New Zealand and beyond.

What you can expect is direct, warm, and practical. We name what is really happening, including the things most couples avoid saying out loud. We draw on the Inside-Out Method and, where a marriage is in acute crisis, the Phoenix Protocol, our approach for couples facing an affair, a threatened separation, or a complete shutdown. Around 85 to 90 percent of couples who do the work see the dynamic begin to shift within 7 days.

The first step is a free 15-minute call. You tell us where things are, and we tell you plainly what we think is possible. There is no pressure and no script. It is a real conversation about whether we are the right people to help you.

If you want marriage counselling in Havelock North, book a free 15-minute call. Tell us where things are. We will be honest about what is possible.

Do you offer in-person marriage counselling in Havelock North? Yes. We live and practise in Havelock North and see couples face to face here, as well as online. Couples from Hastings, Napier, and across Hawke’s Bay come to us in person.

What approach do you use? We are Gottman, Imago and EFT trained, and we work primarily through the Inside-Out Method, with the Phoenix Protocol for acute crisis. The focus is on changing the dynamic underneath, not managing symptoms week after week.

How quickly do couples see change? Around 85 to 90 percent of couples who do the work see the dynamic begin to shift within 7 days. The deeper rebuild continues from there, far faster than traditional open-ended therapy.

How do we start? 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 would look like.