The Couples Coach
An AI coach for the talks you keep putting off.
Get ready for a hard talk on your own, or talk it through together on one screen. It hears both of you, and every talk ends with something to use: an opener, a plan, or one small agreement.
Free: up to 5 replies, no signup.
It’s an AI, not a person, and it isn’t therapy, crisis care, or legal, medical or money advice. For adults.
What it is
A coach for one talk at a time.
The hardest part of a hard talk is often the first sentence. The coach helps you find yours.
Getting ready on your own
Say what’s on your mind. Leave with an opener in your own words, and a plan for when it gets heated.
Talking it through together
Two of you, one screen. It takes turns, says back what it heard from each of you, and helps you land on one small thing you both agree to.
Picking it back up
Save a talk, keep the short notes, and check in on what you agreed.
What it isn’t
- It isn’t a person, and it isn’t therapy. It’s an AI, and it says so.
- It isn’t a referee. It doesn’t say who’s right, and it won’t tell you to stay or to go.
- It isn’t crisis help. If a talk sounds like someone isn’t safe, it stops coaching and shows real help lines.
- It isn’t advice on law, medicine or money.
How a talk goes
Five steps, one plan.
1
Understand
What it’s about, the worry under it, and what a good outcome looks like.
2
Learn
One useful thing: a finding with its source, or the part of our material that fits.
3
Prepare
An opener in your own words, what your partner might say back, and what to do if it gets heated.
4
Agree
One small, specific agreement you could both say yes to.
5
Follow up
When to check in, and what to look at then.
An example
What a talk looks like.
A made-up example, to show how a talk goes. Not a real conversation.
Money
We keep dodging the talk about how we split the rent. I earn less, and it feels awkward to bring up.
The coach: That’s a hard one to raise, and it makes sense that it feels awkward. Wanting it to feel fair isn’t asking for a favor. What would a good outcome look like for you?
That we each pay a share that fits what we earn, without it turning into a fight.
The coach: That’s clear, and it’s a fair thing to want. Here’s a plan you could try tonight.
Your plan
- Opener
- “Can we look at how we split the rent? I want it to feel fair to both of us.”
- If it gets heated
- “Let’s take ten minutes and come back to it.”
- Agreement
- We each write down a split that feels fair, and compare on Sunday.
- Check in
- In two weeks, over coffee.
Ten topics
Pick the talk you’ve been avoiding.
Built for two
Made for couples, not for one side.
Your partner joins free on your plan, with their own private link. What each of you says on your own stays your own.
Answer apart, then see both
Each of you answers a few questions on your own. Nobody sees the other’s answers until you’re both done.
Notes you choose to share
Keep a short summary and what you agreed. They’re yours alone until you share them.
It picks up where you left off
A new talk starts with the notes that belong in it, and never with your partner’s own. Check-ins bring you back to what you agreed.
Works with The Couples Contract
Open a section of your Contract as a talk’s agenda, and add what you agree to it. The coach reads what you wrote there only if you choose to share it. (The Contract isn’t legally binding.)
The price
One price, both of you.
Start free
Your first talk is free: up to 5 replies, no signup. Save it for free if you want to keep it.
$9.99 a month
For the two of you. Not per person.
- Both partners, each with a private link
- Every topic, alone or together
- Saved talks and notes
- Answer apart, check-ins and the Contract link
- Up to 200 replies a month (40 a day) between you
- Cancel in one tap. It stays on to the end of the month you paid for
Not for you? Write to us within 30 days of your first payment and we’ll refund it.
Have a Couples Contract? It comes with 7 free days of the coach. Open it from your Contract’s page. Or give a month as a gift.
Privacy
What you say here stays yours.
These talks are personal, so the promise is short enough to keep.
A free talk isn’t stored
It lives in your browser tab and is gone when you close it. We keep nothing unless you save it.
Saved talks are encrypted
They can be read only by the people allowed to see them: you, and for a talk you had together, your partner.
Yours alone, unless it’s together
A talk on your own is never shown to your partner. Notes are private until you share them.
Never training data, never content
We don’t use talks to train AI or to write anything. They stay out of our analytics, logs and emails.
Delete any time
One talk, your notes, or everything, at once.
Where your words go
To be answered, your messages go to Anthropic, the company that makes Claude. It doesn’t use them to train its models.
Safety
Honest about what it is.
- It’s an AI, and it says so at the start of every talk.
- It isn’t therapy, and it doesn’t pretend to be.
- If a talk sounds like someone is in danger, it stops coaching and shows crisis lines.
- “Get help now” and “Leave quickly” are on every screen.
- It’s for adults, 18 and older.
FAQ
Fair questions, plain answers.
Something else? Email hello@thecouplescompany.com and ask.
Is The Couples Coach a therapist?
Is there a real person on the other end?
What does it cost?
Can my partner see what I say?
Is what I say private?
Does it take sides?
What happens if a talk sounds like someone is in danger?
Can I use it on my own?
Do we need The Couples Contract to use it?
Who is it for?
The talk won’t have itself. Start with one sentence.
Free: up to 5 replies, no signup.
It’s an AI, not a person, and it isn’t therapy, crisis care, or legal, medical or money advice. For adults.