For couples counselors
Calm Couch turns core couples-communication skills into short, guided exercises your clients run at home between sessions — then bring back to the room. Gottman-Method-informed. A between-session practice tool that supports your work, not a replacement for it.
Practice and psychoeducation, not therapy. Your clinical judgment stays yours.
Skills rehearsed in your office don’t always generalize to the kitchen at 9pm, and between-session homework adherence is famously low. Calm Couch gives your clients a calm, structured container for that week: one short route at a time, with the exact words to use and a shared pace so neither partner steamrolls. You stay the clinician; Calm Couch is the practice reps in between.
Pick the route that matches a couple’s target — soft start-up, a repair time-out, turning toward. They get it in the app.
Guided structure, assigned speaker and listener turns, and a shared “I’m ready” gate so nobody races ahead. Fifteen minutes, gentle timer, no scores.
A dashboard shows what each couple practiced and their own check-in trend — so you open the next session with context, not a blank page. (Counselor dashboard rolling out now.)
| Route | What it practices |
|---|---|
| Stress-Reducing Conversation | Buffering external stress; allied listening |
| Active Listening | Speaker–listener structure; reflect before responding |
| Reflective Dialogue | Reflective listening; understanding before problem-solving |
| I-Statements and Soft Start-Up | Soft start-up; antidote to criticism |
| Open-Ended Questions | Attunement and curiosity |
| Time-Out Strategy | Flooding & physiological self-soothing; the repair break |
| Love Maps | Knowledge of a partner’s inner world |
| Regular Check-Ins | A compressed State-of-the-Union check-in |
| Emotion Validation | Validation without agreeing on every fact |
| Turning Toward | Bids for connection |
Your clients always use Calm Couch free. You pay by the number of couples you’re supporting — one flat monthly price per tier.
Calm Couch is rolling out to practices now — request access and we’ll get you set up. No card today.
Informed by concepts from the Gottman Method. Gottman Method is a trademark of The Gottman Institute; Calm Couch is independent and not affiliated with, certified, or endorsed by it.
You see practice activity and your clients’ own self-rated check-ins — not clinical notes or records. Calm Couch is not a medical-record system and is not monitored in real time for crisis.
Or preview the exercises first.
Practice, not therapy. Calm Couch is a between-session practice and psychoeducation tool used under the direction of a licensed clinician; it does not provide diagnosis or treatment and is not for crisis or abuse. See Privacy and Sources.