When your partnership stalls, the whole company slows.
Evidence-based psychotherapy that repairs conflict, rebuilds trust, and restores decision‑speed.
everpath helps co-founders and mission-critical duos transform their partnerships with Co-Founder Therapy.
Designed for your challenges
Co-Founder Therapy has been designed for the following critical partnerships:
Co-founders from seed to enterprise
Co-owners leading a small, medium, or large family business
Mission-critical duos driving key company outcomes
Deeper than coaching.
More sustainable than mediation.
Coaching doesn't address the dynamics of duos
Coaching typically focuses on individual performance, leaving underlying relational conflicts unresolved and partnership dynamics unchanged. There is currently no rigorous research demonstrating the effectiveness of executive coaching for duos.
Mediation settles the moment, not the pattern
While mediation resolves immediate conflicts, it usually overlooks deeper emotional complexities, systemic issues, power dynamics, and relational patterns. To date, robust research validating the sustained impact of mediation on relationship behaviours or performance simply doesn't exist.
Co-Founder Therapy. Designed for critical duos.
Co-Founder Therapy is built on clinically-proven couples therapy models, such as Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), that have been adapted explicitly for critical duos. In rigorous research studies, these models consistently demonstrate significant and sustainable results for clients.
Immediate impact
These models produce significant boosts in communication, positive interactions, and overall relationship satisfaction immediately post-treatment.
Impact up to 6 months later
The significant gains in positive partnership behaviours and high relationship satisfaction were sustained for 6 months following treatment.
Impact up to 24 months later
The significant gains in overall relationship satisfaction were sustained for up to 24 months following treatment.
Trusted by co-founders, C-suite duos, and senior leadership teams
Results you can expect
Repair Conflict & Trauma
Resolve the painful conflicts and emotional wounds impacting your partnership.
Transform Co-Founder Dynamics
Embed new trust and communication patterns - enabling greater collaboration.
Make Decisions More Effectively
Reach pivotal decisions faster, guided by shared personal & professional values.
Why Co-Founder Therapy
Because 65 % of startups fail from co‑founder conflict.
Imagine a world where Google, Airbnb, or Uber never happened because co-founder conflict destroyed these partnerships early. Co-Founder Therapy protects critical partnerships and ensures your company can achieve its full potential.
Because critical duos deserve evidence-based solutions.
Co-Founder Therapy, developed by everpath, is built on clinically-proven couples therapy methods designed to help critical duos overcome conflict, build trust, and grow performance.
Because your partnership sets the cultural tone.
As your partnership transforms, expect behavioural shifts across your teams. Healthier interactions become the norm, as trust and clarity take hold. Empowered by your example, employees gain the confidence and emotional safety they need to perform at their absolute best.
Our Co-Founder Therapy Process
We deliver clinical psychotherapy in a structured format for high-stakes partnerships.
Establish Safety
We restore warmth and curiosity between partners to create a safe space for difficult conversations.
Go to the Root
We identify the underlying emotions, thoughts, and behavioural patterns driving the conflict.
Shift in Session
We combine deeper dialogue with live experiments to create “aha” moments that produce awareness and insight.
Lock-in Behaviours
We design micro-tests between sessions that turn insights into new behaviours and habits.
Safe, Confidential, and Respectful
Boundaries First
We explore sensitive personal topics only to the degree you're comfortable. Your personal limits are fully respected at all times.
Strict Confidentiality
Your sessions and sensitive information remain strictly confidential. Our therapists fully adhere to the ethical standards of the Australian Counselling Assiociation (ACA) and the Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).
Trauma-Informed
Our therapists are specially trained to safely navigate trauma or deeper emotional concerns, ensuring your experience remains supportive and safe.
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How we deliver therapy
Choose the approach that fits your needs.
Pre-session preparation - Answer questions about your challenges and provide background information. Therapy begins here.
90-120 minute intensive session - Evidence-based interventions designed to produce improvements within one session
Have urgent deadlines or critical decisions
Can initially commit to only one session
Want to test fit with your therapist
Prefer intensive, focused work
Pre-session preparation - Complete background questionnaires
60-105 minute sessions - Evidence-based work (EFT + SFBT) to realign vision, restart honest communication, and rebuild decision speed
Prefer a less intensive pace
Have ongoing conflict patterns
Want sustained support over time
Can commit to multiple sessions
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Yes, in fact, that's exactly when therapy can help the most. We provide a calm, structured environment where intense feelings can be safely discussed, helping you quickly lower tension, rebuild trust, and improve communication.
Definitely. Therapy isn't just for partnerships in crisis. Many healthy partnerships use therapy proactively to strengthen communication, enhance understanding, and prevent small misunderstandings from growing into bigger problems.
Therapy can still work well even if partners start at different comfort levels. Our therapists gently encourage open communication, so even hesitant partners become more comfortable and engaged over time.
Initially, sessions usually happen weekly and last about 60–90 minutes. As your partnership improves, you can reduce frequency according to your needs.
Yes, you can. If you find the single intensive session helpful and decide you'd like further support, we can smoothly transition you into a Brief Therapy Series of 2–10 sessions. This allows your team to build on the progress made in the initial session and explore partnership challenges in greater depth.
Yes. If you're undertaking Single-Session Therapy, we ask each participant to complete four short questionnaires beforehand. These help us quickly understand your team's situation and goals, ensuring we make the most of your intensive session. If you're beginning a Brief Therapy series (2–10 sessions), completing these questionnaires isn't mandatory—but doing so can still be helpful, allowing us to dive straight into productive discussion from the very first session.
Certainly, provided this arrangement is transparent to both partners and explicitly approved by both.
Yes, absolutely. Therapy adapts to changes within your partnership, helping you smoothly manage the emotional transition and support ongoing working relationships.
Absolutely. Your confidentiality is strictly protected, and any sharing of information is always decided by you. If someone else funds the sessions, we can provide general updates about attendance or overall engagement only—and even then, only if all partners explicitly agree. Specific details of therapy discussions always remain private.
Don’t let conflict derail your partnership.
Join the co-founders, C-suite duos, and leadership teams resolving conflict
and transforming performance with High-Stakes Partnership Therapy.
