Coaching
Dating and relationships can bring up big feelings, questions, and moments of uncertainty. Coaching at Find Love Safely provides a supportive space for members to reflect, practice skills, and build confidence — at a pace that feels right.
Coaching is not required to participate in matchmaking. It’s simply one more layer of support available when it’s helpful.
What Is Relationship Coaching?
Find Love Safely coaching focuses on real-life relationship skills, including:
- Communication and conversation skills
- Confidence-building
- Understanding boundaries and consent
- Navigating dating experiences
- Processing feelings around connection, disappointment, or change
Coaching sessions are supportive and practical, not therapy, and are designed specifically for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Live Virtual Coaching Workshops
Ongoing skill-building, twice each month.
Our live virtual coaching workshops are held twice monthly and focus on practical, real-life relationship skills. Topics rotate throughout the year and are revisited often, so members can join at any point and continue building confidence over time.
Common workshop topics include:
- Building confidence and self-esteem
- What friendship and dating really mean
- Starting and ending conversations
- Texting, calling, and online communication
- Boundaries, consent, and personal space
- Online safety and recognizing red flags
- Handling rejection and disappointment
- Expressing interest respectfully
- Managing big feelings around relationships
- Preparing for dates and social events
- Respectful ways to end a dating connection
- Handling teasing, misunderstandings, or conflict
Workshops are interactive, welcoming, and designed specifically for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Members are never required to share personal details and are encouraged to participate at their own comfort level.
How Coaching Fits Into Our Programs
Flexible support options.
Some members use coaching regularly. Others use it during specific moments or transitions. Both approaches are completely okay. Coaching is available in two ways:
Included monthly in the Concierge Program
Available as an add-on for Core and Essentials members
Meet Our Coaches
Find Love Safely coaching sessions are led by trained relationship coaches who work closely with our founder to ensure a consistent, safety-first approach.
Coaching programs and standards are designed and overseen by Find Love Safely’s founder to ensure thoughtful, consistent support across all sessions.
Mary Tousignant, OT
Mary Tousignant, OT is a PEERS®-certified relationship coach, trained in an evidence-based curriculum used internationally to teach friendship, communication, dating, and relationship skills to teens and adults. She is also the mother of a son on the autism spectrum.
Her coaching focuses on practical, real-world skills — from starting conversations and making friends to navigating dating, boundaries, and online safety — all taught in a supportive, respectful, and judgment-free way.
Mary's coaching expertise includes:
- Types of relationships
- Healthy and unhealthy relationships/actions
- Boundaries
- Consent
- Get away and tell someone
- Private vs public places and actions
- Crushes and romantic relationships
- Conflict resolution
- Online safety
- Self image and self love
Paige LaSota
Paige LaSota is a healthy relationships educator for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and holds a degree in disability studies. She understands the unique complexities individuals and their support systems face when it comes to romance and relationships. That’s why Paige is dedicated to creating more opportunities for safe, meaningful connections.
Paige's coaching expertise includes:
- Types of relationships
- Healthy and unhealthy relationships/actions
- Boundaries
- Consent
- Get away and tell someone
- Private vs public places and actions
- Crushes and romantic relationships
- Conflict resolution
- Online safety
- Self image and self love
Choosing a Coach
Members and families may share a coach preference when enrolling in coaching or the Concierge Program. We do our best to honor preferences whenever possible while balancing availability and scheduling.
In some cases, our team may recommend a coach based on goals, support needs, or timing to ensure the best fit.
- Sessions are 60 minutes
- Coaching is collaborative and encouraging
- Members guide the conversation with support from the coach
- Caregiver involvement, when appropriate, is discussed in advance
Our goal is to help members feel more confident, prepared, and supported — not overwhelmed.
Coaching Scheduling & Attendance
We understand that life happens, and flexibility matters — especially when schedules, support needs, or technology can change.
At the same time, our coaches reserve dedicated time for each session. To support consistency and sustainability, we ask that families review the following:
- Coaching sessions canceled 24 hours or more in advance may be rescheduled without penalty.
- Sessions canceled with less than 24 hours’ notice, or missed without notice, are considered completed sessions.
- For Concierge members, missed sessions count toward the monthly session.
- For add-on coaching, missed sessions are not refunded.
If challenges arise around scheduling, technology, or support needs, we encourage reaching out. Our team is always happy to problem-solve and adjust when appropriate.
New City Thank-You
Extra support when communities are growing.
Members who join Find Love Safely in newly launched cities receive complimentary access to our live virtual coaching workshops for their first three months as a thank-you for joining early.
Interested in Our Coaching Services?
We’re happy to help you decide.
If you’re wondering whether coaching would be helpful — or how it might fit into your program — we’re always happy to talk it through.