We need a couples counselor, remote, licensed, someone who's actually sat across from two people mid-argument and knows what to do with that. Not a generalist adding couples work to a broader caseload — someone who wants this specifically.
$155,000 a year, full-time. Video-based sessions only. Open to applicants in the USA, Canada, UK, EU countries, Australia, India, and elsewhere.
Who you'd be working with
Couples dealing with communication breakdowns. Couples trying to rebuild trust after an affair. Long-distance pairs, or partners who just stopped talking somewhere along the way and don't quite know when it happened. You'd draw on EFT, Gottman, or Imago depending on who's in front of you — no fixed script, no one-size approach.
A lot of it comes down to mediation. Two hurting people, both convinced they're right, and your job is staying neutral while still moving the conversation somewhere useful. Sometimes that means stepping in fast before things escalate. Sometimes it means sitting in silence and letting the discomfort do something the words couldn't. You learn the difference over time, not from a textbook.
The rest of the job: building treatment plans specific to each couple, keeping documentation accurate and HIPAA-compliant, checking in on progress between sessions instead of just showing up week to week with no thread connecting them.
What gets you in the door
Master's degree — psychology, counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy. Doctorate works too. Active license: LMFT, LPC, LCSW, or equivalent. At least three years specifically with couples, not individual clients padded onto a resume. Training in one evidence-based couples modality, and enough comfort with video platforms and EHR systems that tech isn't something you're thinking about mid-session.
What's tougher to put on paper: holding both people's version of the same fight without quietly picking a side, and not flinching when a session turns uncomfortable, since that's usually right before it turns useful.
Things that help
- Both in-person and remote experience with couples specifically
- Comfort pulling in structured exercises — role-play, values work, journaling — when plain conversation stalls out
- Some background leading workshops or group sessions on relationships
What comes with the salary
Flexible scheduling that's actually built around your calendar, not just advertised that way. A monthly wellness credit. A learning stipend for continuing education in couples-specific work. Client referrals run through Naukri Mitra's recruitment network, and they tend to arrive already looking for couples counseling specifically — nobody's convincing a client the modality itself is worth trying.
Tech side of things
Video conferencing, secure documentation, digital intake — all standard here, with support in place so a dropped call doesn't derail a session that was already tense before the connection cut out. Peer consultation exists too. Couples work gets lonely fast without someone to talk a hard case through with.
What separates people here
Willingness to say the thing a couple can't see about themselves, without either partner feeling ganged up on for it. And flexibility — when the standard conversation isn't landing, the therapists who do well switch approach instead of repeating themselves and hoping the fifth attempt works better than the first four.
Why any of this matters
Strain in a relationship rarely stays contained to the relationship. It shows up in how someone parents, how they perform at work, their physical health over a few years. Remote sessions mean couples who can't sync schedules for weekly in-person appointments, or who live in different cities, can still get real support. The clinical standard doesn't drop because it's happening through a screen.
Apply
Resume, proof of active licensure, a short note on your couples training and the kinds of relationship issues you've handled most. This works best for someone who trusts their own clinical judgment, doesn't need much oversight, and actually wants couples work as a specialty rather than an occasional add-on.
