Couples Therapy in Saint John, Fredericton and Across New Brunswick Virtually
If you’re having difficulties in an intimate relationship and efforts to resolve them with your partner aren’t working, couples counselling is an option worth considering. Couples counselling is all about reconnecting, rebuilding trust, and finding new ways to communicate. Whether you're dealing with constant arguments, feeling emotionally distant, or just stuck in a rut, therapy offers a chance to hit reset. It’s not about blaming or keeping score—it’s about understanding each other on a deeper level and learning the tools to navigate challenges together.
How we can help
Couples or marriage counselling can help to break down barriers, improve communication, and rebuild the connection that brought you together in the first place.
We can help with issues such as:
Trust
Infidelity
Desire discrepancy
Parenting
Life transitions
Jealousy and insecurity
Lack of connection
Emotional distance
Conflict resolution
Intimacy
Unequal workloads
Household chores
Money and finances
Communication
Bonding
Research has shown that relationship counselling is effective in producing lasting improvements in relationship satisfaction and communication. Couples often report sustained positive changes in their relationship well beyond the therapy sessions.
Every relationship faces bumps in the road, but with the right guidance, those bumps don’t have to derail your relationship. The sooner you reach out, the more help therapy can be. Ideally, with the therapist’s help, you will find some common ground and end up in a stronger position to move forward together in your relationship.
We offer in-person couples therapy in Saint John and Fredericton as well as online couples therapy.
How Couples Therapy Works
As couples therapists, we are trained to work with all types of intimate relationships and partnerships. We start by learning about the relationship so we can help you improve things like communication, trust, intimacy, conflict and your overall relationship satisfaction. We strive to make all partners feel safe in the therapy room, without taking sides.
We offer a range of approaches in couples therapy, including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to strengthen emotional bonds, the Gottman Method to improve communication and manage conflict, Narrative Therapy to reframe relationship stories, and neuroscience-informed somatic approaches to help couples understand and regulate their nervous system responses.
These diverse methods help couples build trust, deepen intimacy, and find safety.
The first step in connecting with a couples counsellor in Fredericton or Saint John is to fill out this form. Based on your requirements, we’ll match you with someone we feel is best suited to help you and your partner.
Counselling sessions can be conducted in-person or virtually, whichever you prefer. Sessions typically run 50 minutes long. How often you attend sessions is discussed collaboratively and is based on your needs and schedule.
You are always in control of your therapy, working at your own pace, and can choose the frequency and length to best suit your needs.
Sessions with a registered social worker (RSW) or licensed counselling therapists (LCT) are $140 for 50 minutes.
How much does couples therapy cost?
Our relationship counselling fees are not covered by Medicare but are covered by many extended health insurance plans.
Our clinic has marriage therapists who are either registered social workers (RSW) or Licensed Counselling Therapists (LCT).
You must check your specific plan for what you have coverage for, as coverage is different for each policy. Verify that your plan covers counselling/therapy with a MSW, RSW or LCT. Your insurance may state you have coverage for clinical counsellor or psychotherapist, which would cover LCT or social worker.
We also offer direct billing with many different insurance companies, which allows you to keep more money in your pocket. We can direct bill Blue Cross, Veterans Affairs (VAC), Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Canada Life, Claim Secure, Chamber of Commerce, Work Safe, NIHB, Department of Social Development, and more provided your plan is set up for direct billing. Your are still responsible for any co-pay amounts at the time of service.
Is couples therapy covered by insurance?
About Laura Gatien & Associates
At Laura Gatien & Associates, we take a proactive and collaborative approach to mental health treatment, offering clients access a diverse team of professionals with various expertise and specialties who learn from and can refer to one another. We take a holistic approach to treatment and believe everything makes perfect sense in the context of your life experiences.
Quality care is very important to us as a team, and we ensure this is upheld through regular clinical meetings, ongoing professional development and training opportunities, as well as using evidence-based frameworks. This helps us provide you with the best care for your individual needs so you can make progress sooner.
Our clients benefit from shared resources that exist within a team and the peace of mind that they are not just working with an individual, but are part of a broader mental health community learning and growing together.
We prioritize accessibility and availability of services, providing limited wait times and evening appointments to accommodate diverse schedules. We will regularly ask for feedback on your experience here so we can continue to improve.
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We are accepting new clients for couples therapy in Fredericton, Saint John and across New Brunswick.
Let us help you re-discover why you fell in love in the first place.