Best dating coaches
The 25 best dating coaches, ranked by client ratings, credentials, experience and specialization. Most charge $90 to $165 an hour.
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- 25 dating coaches ranked.
- Ranked by client ratings, credentials, experience and specialization.
- Most dating coaches charge $90 to $165 an hour.
The 25 best dating coaches
- Elle Wilson, Dating coach for ambitious singles, online and offline. She runs a company that hosts in-person singles events, so her coaching draws on thousands of real offline meetups.
- Stephen Manas, Dating confidence and acting career coach. An working actor from Ted Lasso who coaches both acting careers and dating confidence.
- John Daniel, Couples, business and executive coach in Tampa and Orlando. He combines 25 years of infidelity and marriage work with business and executive coaching under one practice.
- Riana Milne, Dating, relationship and trauma recovery coach for singles and couples. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who also created RianaAI, a personal video coaching avatar that speaks more than 175 languages.
- Holly McCusker, Relationship and emotional intelligence coach for ambitious professionals. Holly is a former Tawkify matchmaker and coach who led the creation of its internal coaching program, and she built her own breakup recovery and conscious masculinity frameworks.
- Frank Kermit, Dating and relationship coach for singles and couples in Montreal. Frank is a dating coach who is also the official coach of a matchmaking club and the author of over 20 books.
- Donna Piper, Love coach and Akashic Records healer for women healing relationship trauma. Combines a master's in Dance Movement Psychotherapy with Akashic Records healing to help women clear relationship trauma.
- Yasmin Abouelhassan, Relationship coach for singles, couples and divorcees in Calgary. She introduced Life Coaching and Relationship Coaching in Egypt and has coached divorcees for more than 18 years.
- Shana James, Love and dating coach for people over 40. Shana is an author, podcast host and TEDx speaker who has coached on love for 20 years and helped found the Authentic Relating movement.
- Johanna Nauraine, Relationship, career and business coach in Chicago, Illinois. She covers relationships, careers and family business sales in one practice, with more than 30 years of coaching white collar professionals.
- Marni Kinrys, Dating coach for men, known as the Wing Girl. She is a woman who coaches men on dating, and she has surveyed more than 10,000 women about what attracts them.
- Bryce Bauer, Relationship coach for men and couples in Utah.
- Vee Mindful, Modern dating strategist for mature singles over 40 and 50. Vee built the method after going on over 200 dates with 200 men following the end of a long marriage.
- Eric Bensoussan, Relationship coach for individuals and couples in Vancouver. Eric uses nervous system regulation and somatic work to help people who already understand their patterns but cannot change them.
- Charlene Byars, Dating and relationship coach for single women. Charlene has coached women for over 20 years and built her method from her own experience of leaving a 23-year marriage and remarrying.
- Donald Maestas, Relationship, executive and performance coach in Littleton, Colorado. Combines an MBA and former executive experience with licensed counselor training to coach both couples and leaders.
- Jillian Turecki, Relationship coach and author for women, based in New York. Jillian is a bestselling author and podcast host who has coached for more than 20 years.
- James Preece, Dating coach for men and women in the UK. He combines one-on-one coaching with work as a coach for dating agencies and a host of singles events across the UK.
- JT Tran, Dating coach for Asian men, with bootcamps in the US and online. A former aerospace engineer who has coached Asian men for 20 years and built his system from his own struggle with confidence.
- Heather Shannon, Intimacy coach for committed couples and LGBTQIA+ clients. She is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist who hosts the chart-topping "Ask A Sex Therapist" podcast.
- Vicki Pavitt, Love and dating coach for women in London.
- Craft of Charisma, Dating coaching for men, online and in live city programs. Runs live infield programs in over 20 cities and has taught 574 workshops in 18 years.
- Jane Copier, Christian marriage coach for women and couples. Jane combines faith-centered principles with training in attachment theory and nervous system regulation for Christian marriages.
- Alisa Bell, Confidence and dating coach with over 13 years of experience. An ICF certified coach with over 13 years of experience who covers both dating and confidence work.
- Minnie Lane, Dating and relationship coach for men in London. Combines an MSc in coaching psychology with meditation, breathwork and a 17-day dark retreat in a dating coaching practice.
Compare them
Elle Wilson
Elle Wilson is a certified dating coach who helps ambitious singles date with more skill and more fun. She founded Met Through Friends, a company that helps singles meet offline, and has hosted thousands of single people at in-person events. She has worked with 60+ dating clients. She pairs a Stanford management science background with 10 years in hospitality to build a strategic approach to dating.
Stephen Manas
Stephen Manas is a coach who works with actors on their careers and with dating clients on confidence and self-presentation. He is also an international actor, best known for his work on Ted Lasso. He has lived and worked in Europe, the US and Asia, and he once worked at Apple. His coaching grew from years of giving advice to friends and fellow actors. It later became a private practice with one-on-one and group work.
John Daniel
John Daniel is a couples, business and executive coach who also works as a clinician. He runs LEAPS Inc. from offices in Tampa and Orlando. His main focus is infidelity, premarital and marital issues. He also coaches entrepreneurs, executives and teams on leadership. He has over 25 years of experience. He offers Christian counseling for clients who want a faith view. Sessions run in person, by phone or by webcam.
Riana Milne
Riana Milne is a life, dating and relationship coach who helps singles and couples heal childhood trauma and love trauma. She is also a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with more than 27 years in practice. She has coached clients around the world for more than 40 years. She teaches her trademarked Watch Me! Mindset for Success. She also created RianaAI, a video coaching avatar trained in her methods that works in more than 175 languages.
Holly McCusker
Holly McCusker is a relationship and emotional intelligence coach who helps ambitious professionals understand the patterns behind how they date and connect. She focuses on attachment, nervous system responses, and partner selection. Before starting her private practice, she worked at Tawkify, the largest matchmaking agency in the US, as a matchmaker and coach. She also led the build of Tawkify's internal coaching program. She created the 5R Breakup Recovery Method and the 5P Conscious Masculinity Framework.
Frank Kermit
Frank Kermit is a dating and relationship coach in Montreal who helps singles and couples with love, sex and dating. He has coached for 25 years and wrote over 20 books and 25+ audio programs. He is the official coach of the Absolute Bachelor Club matchmaking service. He teaches his own Emotional Needs Analysis system. His clients come from Canada, the USA, Australia, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. He also coaches weight loss accountability.
Donna Piper
Donna Piper is a love coach and Akashic Records healer who helps women heal old trauma and build healthy relationships. She has 20 years of experience. Before coaching, she earned an MA in Dance Movement Psychotherapy with a focus on PTSD. She is certified in NLP, EFT, Reiki, and Yoga Nidra. Her goal is to support 1000 women using a system that shifts relationship patterns. She also runs meditation retreats.
Yasmin Abouelhassan
Yasmin Abouelhassan is a life and relationship coach who helps singles, divorcees, couples and families. She left a career as a biomedical engineer and founded Happy Family in Egypt in 2005. She worked with hundreds of singles, couples, professionals and entrepreneurs there. She moved to Calgary in 2013. She helps clients choose a partner by their own criteria, not cultural pressure, and offers a 19-day e-course in Arabic.
Shana James
Shana James is a love and dating coach who works with men and women over 40. She helps people who are dating, healing from divorce or heartbreak, or trying to bring more intimacy into a long-term relationship. She wrote Honest Sex, hosts two podcasts, and gave a TEDx talk on the divide between men and women. She holds a Master's in Psychology.
Johanna Nauraine
Johanna Nauraine is a relationship, career and business coach in Chicago, Illinois. She helps white collar professionals with dating, marriage, divorce, career moves and entrepreneurship. She has coached for more than 30 years. She helps men and women find fitting dating partners and build lasting relationships. She also works with small family business owners who want to grow and sell their companies. She offers divorce coaching for women.
Marni Kinrys
Marni Kinrys is a dating coach for men and the founder of the Wing Girl Method. She teaches men how to attract women, approach them, flirt, and get dates. She has coached for 22 years and says her advice comes from a woman's point of view. She has surveyed more than 10,000 women about what attracts them. Her YouTube channel has 1.46M subscribers, and she leads a team of wing girls in the USA.
Bryce Bauer
Bryce Bauer is a relationship coach in Utah who works with men and with couples. Bryce has spent 16 years in mental health programs, coaching men on how to show up in their relationships. Bryce coaches men one on one. Bryce's style is direct and practical, and the coach builds in a habit of slowing down. Bryce holds ICF and TRS certifications.
Vee Mindful
Vee Mindful is a modern dating strategist who coaches mature singles over 40 and over 50 who want a real, lasting partner. Vee has more than 16 years of coaching experience. After a long marriage ended, Vee went on over 200 dates and spent 10 years studying the psychology of attraction and commitment. Vee created the From Situationship to Soulmate program and teaches a vetted protocol for choosing a partner.
Eric Bensoussan
Eric Bensoussan is a relationship and life coach in Vancouver, British Columbia. He helps individuals and couples who already understand their patterns but still get stuck in the same reactions. He has worked with clients for 13 years. His method combines nervous system regulation, somatic awareness, and relational coaching. He coaches online worldwide in English and French.
Charlene Byars
Charlene Byars is a dating and relationship coach for single women. She helps women build self-love and confidence so they can date with clarity and find the right partner. She has coached hundreds of women over more than 20 years. Her work covers healing from past breakups and improving how women relate to themselves and their partners. She teaches an approach called Conscious Dating and draws on polarity and masculine and feminine energy.
Donald Maestas
Donald Maestas is a relationship, executive and performance coach in Littleton, Colorado. He helps couples, executives and high-performing professionals. He is a professional counselor and a former executive with over 20 years of experience. His work uses practical, solution-focused strategies. He focuses on communication, decision making, stress and conflict, so the skills carry from work to home. He holds an MBA and is a licensed professional counselor.
Jillian Turecki
Jillian Turecki is a relationship coach who helps women improve their love lives. She also works with couples. She has coached for more than 20 years. She wrote the books It Begins with You and Rewrite Your Story. She hosts the Jillian on Love podcast, which has more than 400 episodes. Her coaching starts with the relationship a client has with herself. Her private 1:1 and couples coaching is currently full, with a waitlist open.
James Preece
James Preece is a dating coach in the UK who helps single men and women find lasting relationships. He has worked as a dating expert for 21 years. He has written 15 books on dating, confidence and attraction. He also coaches for dating agencies and online dating companies. He hosts a weekly dating podcast and runs singles events, speed dating nights and seminars across the UK. Men and women get different, tailored coaching approaches.
JT Tran
JT Tran is a dating coach who helps men build confidence and succeed with women. He focuses on Asian men. He founded ABCs of Attraction in 2005 after working as an aerospace engineer. He did not have his first kiss until age 20, so he built a step-by-step system for confidence. Bootcamps run in Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and Seattle, and also online. Thousands of men have used his system.
Heather Shannon
She is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist with over 12 years in private practice. She hosts the "Ask A Sex Therapist" podcast and is a sex and relationship expert for the Peanut app. Her Intimacy Infusion method runs 90 days and looks at comfort with sex, resentment, emotional safety and grief.
Vicki Pavitt
Vicki Pavitt is a love, dating and relationship coach in London who helps women change how they date. She has coached for 12 years and has worked with more than 1,000 women. She is an NLP and EFT practitioner and an attachment styles expert. Her Wholehearted Dating work helps women spot old patterns and build safe, committed relationships.
Craft of Charisma
Craft of Charisma is a dating coaching company for men. It teaches men to meet and connect with women, in person and online. Chris Luna leads the company. It has been in business for 18 years and has taught 574 workshops. Programs run in many US and Canadian cities, and include an 8 week dating bootcamp. Its coaching uses the D.A.T.E. model, which covers moving relationships forward and consent.
Jane Copier
Jane Copier is a Christian marriage coach who helps women and couples reconnect, communicate better, and rebuild closeness. She has 8+ years of coaching experience and has helped hundreds of Christian couples. She focuses on couples who have drifted apart. She mixes practical relationship tools with faith-centered principles. She also hosts a podcast called Happy in the Middle and offers a free seven day marriage reset guide by email.
Alisa Bell
Alisa Bell is a confidence coach and dating coach. She helps men over 30 who face relationship challenges and women over 40 who deal with relationship issues. She is an ICF certified life coach with over 13 years of experience. Her work centers on mindset strategies that help clients reach their goals. She also coaches on goal setting, relationship building and dating advice, and she uses creative coaching techniques shaped to each client.
Minnie Lane
Minnie Lane is a London-based dating and relationship coach who works with men on dating, attraction and connection. Minnie has coached for over 18 years and has helped thousands of people. The work centers on the psychological patterns behind a person's love life. Minnie holds an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, focused on relationship wellbeing, and was featured in The Pickup Game in 2019.
Common questions
Who are the best dating coaches?
The top dating coaches are Elle Wilson, Stephen Manas and John Daniel, ranked by client ratings, credentials, experience and specialization.
How much do the best dating coaches charge?
Most dating coaches charge $90 to $165 an hour.
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Last updated September 2026.