Dating coaches for lgbtq dating
Compare 47 dating coaches who focus on lgbtq dating. Besides lgbtq dating, the most common focus areas are couples and marriage, dating for men, matchmaking and online dating and apps. They most often work with LGBTQ+, couples and men. Most charge $80 to $162 per hour or session.
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Beau Brummell Introductions
Beau Brummell Introductions is a matchmaking agency for gay men who want a long-term relationship. It was founded by Vinko Anthony and Andrea Zaza, who are partners in life and business. The head office is in Sydney. The agency also works in other Australian capitals, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, London and several US cities. It has matched men for over fourteen years. Every client is met in person, and matches come from a private database.
Brian Rzepczynski
Brian Rzepczynski is a dating and relationship coach who helps gay men and couples build healthy, lasting intimate relationships. He started his coaching business, The Gay Love Coach, in 2003. He has over 19 years of experience as a psychotherapist and life coach. He holds a doctorate in human sexuality and a master's in clinical social work. He also writes advice columns for gay magazines and speaks at events. He works from Chicago.
Eddie Hernandez
Eddie Hernandez is a dating coach and dating photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area. He coaches men and women on dating apps and offline dating, in person or by video call. He also shoots natural dating photos for apps like Hinge and Bumble. His photos have run in the New York Times, Time and Vogue UK. He has lived in Los Angeles and New York, which shapes how he sees culture and dating.
Julie Ferman
Julie Ferman is a matchmaker and dating coach who helps relationship-minded single men and women find partners. She launched her agency in Westlake Village, California in 2001. She has privately registered more than 40,000 singles and is credited with over 1,500 couples. She serves clients in Los Angeles, Denver and Santa Fe. She also runs a 30-day virtual boot camp for people who want to build their dating skills first.
Nathan Serrato
Nathan Serrato is a trauma-informed queer mindset coach who helps LGBTQ+ people with dating, relationships and leadership. He founded Queer Conscious in 2017. His expertise is in working with gay men, and he also coaches singles and couples across the LGBTQ+ community. He has guided hundreds of clients, organized over 100 community events, and sits on the board of Pride Point Network. He also hosts a podcast on queer love.
Ruth Schwartz
Ruth Schwartz is the director of Conscious Girlfriend Academy, an online school and community for lesbian, queer and non-binary people. She wrote the book Conscious Lesbian Dating & Love, which has reached readers in 25 countries. Her academy teaches dating, love, attachment and healing from past heartbreak. She also runs a coach training and certification program and leads a team of certified coaches. Ruth hosts optional Deep Dive group coaching sessions for members.
Scott Tsui
Scott Tsui is a relationship coach for gay men. He helps them find a lasting partner and get past the patterns that hold them back. He wrote the Amazon bestseller Lonely No More, and he writes a dating and relationship column for the San Francisco Bay Times. He teaches a method called the 3C Formula and runs the Gay Men Relationship Blueprint, an online course and community. He also coaches one on one.
Sophia Spallino
Sophia Spallino is a matchmaker and dating coach for lesbian and queer women. She runs Queer Women Rising and hosts a podcast by the same name. She founded The Queer Country Club, a dating platform for monogamous lesbian and queer women. She has worked in this field for five years. She offers private matchmaking, coaching sessions, and hosted in-person gatherings for single women. She is also a harpist who writes spiritual harp music.
Amari Ice
Amari Ice is a gay dating coach who helps gay professionals build the skills to find lasting love. Amari is also a matchmaker, a hypnotherapist and a best-selling author. Coaching covers dating skills, self-sabotage patterns and romantic magnetism. Work starts with a one-on-one Dating Analysis and is built around the Romantic Mastery Method.
Angie Enger
Angie Enger is an intimacy and pleasure coach who helps women feel at home in their own bodies and desire. She is based in Maplewood, New Jersey. She worked in marketing for 15 years before she turned to coaching. She holds a master's degree in counseling and worked as a sex educator at a teen clinic in Minnesota. She built her own three-phase framework, Come Home, Expand, Flow. She is LGBTQ+ affirming, kink-aware and ENM-positive.
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.
Samantha Raddock
Samantha Raddock is a couples and intimacy coach who helps adults improve their sexual health and their close relationships. She is a sexual intimacy specialist and sex educator. She trained at the Tantric Institute of Integrated Sexuality and the Somatica Institute, and she holds VITA certification. Her own recovery after cancer treatment shaped her work. She is a trauma-informed coach who uses neuroscience research and body-based methods with people of all sexual preferences and orientations.
Ed Bell
Ed Bell is a certified dating and relationship coach who works with gay, bi and queer men. He runs Better Gay Dating and hosts a podcast on the topic. His focus is helping men get past the blocks that stop them from finding real love and connection. He teaches practical tools for apps and meeting people in person. He also works on self-worth and dating-related shame. He describes his style as part empathetic friend and part no-nonsense therapist.
Alex Ray
Alex Ray is a sex and relationship coach who helps LGBTQ+ individuals and couples build confidence in dating and intimacy. Alex works with clients on anxiety, communication, kink exploration and deeper connection. Sessions are available in San Diego and online. Alex hosts two podcasts, The Queer Confidence Podcast and the Kink Curious Podcast. Clients include neurodivergent people, couples and performers. Alex also offers workshops and an Intimacy Type quiz.
Elizabeth (E) and Li
Elizabeth (E) and Li are partners and relationship coaches who work with queer and polyamorous people. E is the polyamorous relationship coach and is also queer. Li is the queer relationship coach and is also polyamorous. They coach individuals, couples, throuples, quads and polycules. They also host the QueerLove Podcast, with a new episode every Wednesday based on their own experience, their training and trends they see with clients.
Katherine Yeagel
Katherine Yeagel is a surrogate partner, somatic sex educator, and queer sex and relationship coach. She helps individuals and couples build rewarding intimacy. She has nearly a decade of experience and lives in Western Massachusetts. Before this work, she held a nonprofit job. Her practice blends spirituality, science, and social justice. She also teaches classes and workshops and offers consultation and speaking. She offers sliding scale rates to clients in her priority areas.
Alan Cox
Alan Cox is a life coach and CBT practitioner who coaches gay men on moving from casual dating to a committed, monogamous relationship. He also works as a workshop facilitator and author. He hosts The Gay Monogamy Coach podcast, which has 140 episodes since 2024. His episodes cover attachment styles in midlife, dating app burnout, and quitting the apps. He focuses on emotional, psychological and practical steps toward clarity, confidence and clear relationship goals.
Ariella Serur
Ariella Serur is a dating coach who helps queer, trans and non-binary people date better. They run Queer Dating Coach and use the pronouns they/she. Before coaching, Ariella studied musical theatre and set out to go on a date for every audition to get past a fear of rejection. That habit taught them to ask people out and to keep moving through nerves. Ariella now offers select sessions through a waitlist.
Dana Hansen
Dana Hansen is a couples and relationship coach and intimacy doula in Wisconsin. Dana is trained in Somatica as a sex and relationship coach. Dana works with people of all genders and sexualities. The work covers all areas of sexual expression and many relationship types. Dana has experience with BDSM, kinks and polyamory. Dana is also a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Dario van der Kraken
Dario van der Kraken is a gay dating and relationship coach based in London. He helps gay men build healthy, happy relationships that feel safe and stable. He works with men who struggle with love addiction and toxic couples. His own story shapes his work. He spent his 20s chasing love and finding heartache, then used therapy to understand and change his patterns. He also offers a free guide on breaking the cycle of toxic relationships.
Jen Solin
Jen Solin is a coach who works with lesbian, queer and nonbinary people on dating, love and life changes. She is a Conscious Girlfriend coach and outreach director. She offers one-on-one coaching, dating profile writing, and gatherings. She also created a set of connection cards for lesbian love and connection. Jen coaches in English and Spanish. Her clients include people healing from heartbreak, divorce, or a return to dating later in life.
Jordana Michelle
Jordana Michelle is a lesbian love coach who helps women who love women find and keep lasting love. She also coaches women through coming out. She became a certified coach after her own struggle with coming out and finding the right partner. She runs the Women Wanting Women blog and a podcast, where she interviews guests such as a queer matchmaker and queer entrepreneurs.
Maclynn International
Maclynn International is a matchmaking agency that also offers date coaching and relationship coaching. It began in 2011 and was formerly called Vida Consultancy. The agency has offices in London, New York City, California and New Jersey. Its matchmakers pick singles by hand to fit each client's requirements. A team of 150 ambassadors helps find matches in cities across Europe and around the world, for local or international searches.
Rick Clemons
Rick Clemons is a coach for gay men in midlife. He helps them work on relationships, careers, confidence and purpose. Rick hosts the weekly podcast 40 Plus: Gay Men. Gay Talk. He also leads a free monthly live Gay Men's Chat, one hour long. His style is blunt and direct. He pushes clients to stop settling and make one clear decision about the life they want.
Wesley Toma
Wesley Toma is a life and relationship coach in Massachusetts. He helps people in the LGBTQIA+ and kink communities with their relationships. He has more than 10 years of experience coaching and advocating for these groups. His work covers polyamory, ethical non-monogamy, kink, BDSM, and other non-traditional relationships. He helps clients become better partners, negotiators, and communicators. He is a Master Certified Life Coach.
Bari Lyman
Bari Lyman is a dating coach and the founder of Meet To Marry. She helps women and men from 30 to 70, including LGBTQ clients, find a partner they can marry. She teaches the Meet to Marry Method, a step-by-step plan for dating with a clear goal. Clients only date real matches. She works from Florida and offers a free video training on getting unstuck in love.
Coach Maddox
Coach Maddox is a coach for gay men and the host of The Authentic Gay Man Podcast. He works with gay men on loneliness, isolation and building deep friendships. He has hosted the show since 2022 and has released 82 episodes. Guests share honest stories about topics gay men rarely talk about. His focus is helping men become more authentic and open, so they build emotional closeness with others.
Michel Grey
Michel Grey is a relationship coach who works with people who feel they carry too much of the load in their relationships. Michel is a Conscious Girlfriend certified coach and focuses on lesbian and queer women. The practice is called Relational Sovereignty Coaching. Its main offer is Relational Field Mapping, a 75-minute session. Michel also hosts Relational Field Radio and writes Field Notes on relational patterns in couples, work, family and community.
Pamela Gort
Pamela Gort is a dating and relationship coach for lesbian women. She runs The Lesbian Love Coach and hosts The Lesbian Love Podcast. She helps clients get clear on what they want in a partner, meet women, and plan good dates. She also coaches on staying in a relationship once it starts. She offers a free breakthrough session and has written e-books on finding love and avoiding first date mistakes.
Veronica Dress
Veronica Dress is a sex and relationship coach and certified sexuality educator. She helps people explore their intimate lives with more confidence and joy. She has spent over a decade guiding clients through topics society often calls taboo. She works with people of many identities, genders, sexualities, and relationship structures. Her coaching program, The Dress Rehearsal, centers on education, resources, and creative values exploration.
Frank Macri
Frank Macri is a dating coach who runs Gay Dating Secrets. He helps mature gay men meet quality partners and build lasting relationships. His work focuses on men who are tired of the bar and club scene and want to meet men who are not shallow or flaky. He also teaches communication skills and ways to build trust in a relationship. He offers a free guide for mature gay men.
Leah Carey
Leah Carey is a sex and intimacy coach in Oregon who works with individuals and couples. She helps people explore new parts of their sexuality and talk openly about what they want. She hosts the podcast Good Girls Talk About Sex. She is a certified life coach. Her sessions include actionable assignments matched to each client's needs. She offers a free discovery call for new clients.
Pauline Roberts
Pauline Roberts is an intimacy and relationship coach in New Jersey. She works with individuals and couples, including LGBTQ clients. She also acts as a personal life coach, helping clients set short and long-term goals and then carry them out. She holds a Certified Master Life Coach credential. New clients can start with a free 30-minute discovery session.
Tammy Shaklee
Tammy Shaklee runs H4M Matchmaking, a private matchmaking service for single gay and lesbian professionals who want long-term relationships. The service is offline and personal, so clients do not use apps. H4M gets to know each client in an interview and vets every potential match. It introduces clients to singles who share their interests, standards and lifestyle. Clients can be based anywhere in the United States.
Constantine Dhonau
Constantine Dhonau is a coach for individuals and couples who want healthier relationships with themselves and others. He focuses on religious harm reduction for LGBTQIA+ couples and on psychedelic integration. He holds an ICF PCC credential and coaches in Positive Intelligence. He spent over 8,000 hours as a wilderness therapy guide for teens and young adults in crisis. He also studies Daoist texts like the Dao De Jing and the I Ching.
Lizzy Kurtzer
Lizzy Kurtzer is a life coach in Edinburgh who works with women and queer people. She helps clients who feel stuck, worn out, or unsure what comes next. Her one-on-one coaching focuses on confidence, self-trust, and clarity. She also uses menstrual cycle awareness as a tool. She hosts The Period Lesbian podcast and offers coaching to lesbian and queer couples and singles on dating. She works UK-wide and online, and also coaches within organisations.
Hayden Dover
Hayden Dover is a life and relationship coach in San Diego, California. Hayden coaches couples on communication, conflict resolution and sexual intimacy, and helps individuals through hard life transitions. Hayden is also a somatic sexologist with over 15 years of experience as a therapist and life coach. Before coaching, Hayden worked as a massage therapist and personal trainer. The practice welcomes people of all sexual preferences and orientations.
Nicki Monahan
Nicki Monahan is a Toronto based Professional Certified Coach who helps people through life transitions. She coaches on work, relationship and health changes, and also works with lesbian, queer and gender-diverse people on dating. She has over 20 years of professional experience and a master's degree in counselling psychology. She also mentors other coaches and designs and leads workshops for organizations.
Buck Dodson
Buck Dodson is a life coach who helps LGBTQ people, couples and creative entrepreneurs build a life that fits who they are. He is a Board Certified Coach and has been a licensed therapist for nearly two decades. He created the Life Lab framework, which guides clients to design, test and live a life they want. He also hosts the Gay Men's Life Lab podcast.
Risa August
Risa August is a coach who works one on one with people going through a shift in life. She also coaches lesbian and queer women on dating. She uses a co-active approach and is a Gestalt practitioner. She wrote The Road Unpaved, a book about a bike trip from border to border with a brain tumor. She also gives talks and shares her story of living with a pituitary disease.
Lisa Madsen
Lisa Madsen is a certified life coach who helps burned out caregivers. She works with people who care for a loved one with a chronic illness and feel exhausted, trapped, and resentful. Her coaching aims to help clients find and keep their sanity, build a life they enjoy, and learn to love themselves. She meets clients by Zoom or phone. She is also a Conscious Girlfriend certified coach who works on dating with lesbian and queer women.
Sarah Freburg-Carrasco
Sarah Freburg-Carrasco is a life, love and intimacy coach who works with LGBTQIA women and femmes. She runs a practice called Queer Life Coach. She came out as lesbian at age 43, and that shapes how she coaches. She holds certifications in LGBTQIA relationships, habit building, goal setting, confidence building, emotional intelligence and cognitive behavioral life coaching. She is also working toward a counseling degree.
Courtney Allen
Courtney Allen is a creativity coach and intimacy coach in Michigan. Courtney works with singles and couples, and with LGBTQIA+ clients. Focus areas include breath work, meditation, and sexual health and education. Sessions are offered to individuals and to groups, in both professional and private settings.
Jeremy Henry
Jeremy Henry is a confidence coach and couples coach in Arkansas. He helps men and women build self-confidence and learn to change how they think. He works one on one with clients. Jeremy is also a spiritual life coach, meditation teacher and author. His work draws on meditation and the law of attraction. He also lists LGBT couples, single men and single women among the people he works with.
Michael DiIorio
Michael DiIorio is a certified life and wellness coach who works with gay men. He runs Wellismo, a coaching and education practice based in Canada. He helps men build practical skills for relationships, identity, confidence and personal growth. He offers private coaching, group programs and community events. He also hosts the Gay Men Going Deeper podcast. His work centers on skill-building and real-world tools, not inspiration alone.
Morgan Willey
Morgan Willey is a life and relationship coach in Maine. Morgan helps people who struggle with codependency, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship problems. Morgan is a Certified Adult Chair Coach and uses The Adult Chair model to teach tools and techniques for healing. Focus areas include healthy dating, intimacy, boundaries, narcissistic abuse, and relationship PTSD. Morgan also works with LGBTQ clients, married couples, and veterans.
Phyllisia Moore
Phyllisia Moore is a life coach and couples coach in Gulfport, Mississippi. She also works as an accountability coach, an organizing coach, and a charity volunteer work coach. Her clients build self love, self compassion, and confidence in themselves. She is LGBTQIA friendly and holds a certified caregiver credential. She grew up in a small town in Gulfport and began coaching at a young age.
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| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Beau Brummell Introductions | Matchmaking and LGBTQ dating | $80 to $130 an hour |
| Brian Rzepczynski | LGBTQ dating and Couples and marriage | $100 to $170 an hour |
| Eddie Hernandez | Dating for men and Dating for women | $80 to $250 an hour |
| Julie Ferman | Matchmaking and Texting and first dates | $80 to $130 an hour |
| Nathan Serrato | LGBTQ dating and Dating for men | $140 to $215 an hour |
| Ruth Schwartz | LGBTQ dating and Online dating and apps | $250 to $300 per session |
| Scott Tsui | Dating for men and LGBTQ dating | $80 to $250 an hour |
| Sophia Spallino | LGBTQ dating and Matchmaking | $80 to $130 an hour |
| Amari Ice | Dating for men and LGBTQ dating | $115 to $210 an hour |
| Angie Enger | Dating for women and LGBTQ dating | $100 to $200 an hour |
| Heather Shannon | Couples and marriage and LGBTQ dating | $100 to $170 an hour |
| Samantha Raddock | Couples and marriage and LGBTQ dating | $100 to $170 an hour |
| Ed Bell | Dating for men and Online dating and apps | $80 to $140 an hour |
| Alex Ray | LGBTQ dating and Approach anxiety and confidence | $100 to $150 an hour |
| Elizabeth (E) and Li | LGBTQ dating and Couples and marriage | $70 to $125 an hour |
Common questions
How much does a dating coach for lgbtq dating cost?
Most dating coaches charge $80 to $162 per hour or session.
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Common focus areas include couples and marriage, dating for men, matchmaking and online dating and apps.
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Last updated September 2026.