The Scoop: When singles feel run-down in the search for love, Julianne Cantarella lifts them back up. This professional matchmaker and dating coach has spent the last eight years championing relationship-oriented singles in New Jersey. Her comprehensive dating services guide men and women to lasting, loving relationships, and she boasts a 93% success rate as a hands-on dating coach. Whether she’s arranging dates or editing dating profiles, Julianne empowers her clients to turn dating failures into dating successes and to have fun while they’re at it.

Julianne Cantarella’s first foray into the dating scene was less than stellar She endured a series of bad relationships before deciding she needed a new approach and made necessary changes to attract her perfect partner.

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Julianne Cantarella overcame her dating challenges and became The Original New Jersey’s Matchmaker and Dating Coach.

At the tender age of 22, she took a hard look at herself and her dating patterns, and she made a conscious effort to put her love life first. That’s when she become her own matchmaker and dating coach, and it didn’t take long for her to get the results she wanted.

Within a year of her dating campaign, she met a man who checked all her boxes and then some. They’ve now been married 22 years and have three children. “After becoming my own dating coach, getting focused, and executing a plan, I found my soul mate,” Julianne said. “I share my story because I want other women to know it is possible.”

After 12 years of working as a social worker and helping others with their relationships, Julianne entered the dating industry in 2005. She drew from her education as a therapist to guide singles to a compatible life partner. Five years later, she launched her matchmaking and date coaching business in her home state of New Jersey. This passionate dating expert has spent years helping singles take action in the dating scene and lock down a lasting relationship. Today, Julianne is known as The Original New Jersey’s Matchmaker and Dating Coach.

“Nothing gives me greater joy than seeing the transformation that takes place through coaching,” she said. “My clients gain confidence and learn what they really need from a partner. I could hand anyone a perfect match, but if they are not ready, what good is it? That’s why coaching is so important.”

Coaching & Empowering Women to Date Online & Offline

In addition to high-end matchmaking, Julianne offers affordable and in-depth coaching services for men and women. She works one on one with her clients and gives them the tools to reach their relationship goals.

Julianne describes her coaching style as hands-on and supportive. She doesn’t just tell her clients what to do; she provides a proven comprehensive plan to help them successfully achieve their goals. Her six-month coaching program includes online dating coaching. It also includes 24 personalized coaching sessions, a professional photo shoot, a professionally written dating profile, and plenty of actionable insights. Whenever her clients have a question between sessions, they can shoot her an email or a text to get a quick answer.

After 13 years in the industry, Julianne has mastered online dating marketing. She doesn’t leave her clients searching for a photographer or a profile writer; she’s has them on staff. Her professional photographers have been contracted to her since 2010. All of her clients get a photo shoot, which Julianne personally attends. She provides them with wardrobe criteria, and she has done a full study in body language and helps style the photos. However, it doesn’t end there. Julianne does an assessment of each and every client to help her determine the sites that would be best for them. Julianne is there to hold their hand as they move through the complicated dating landscape of today.

“My program is designed to empower women to take control of their love lives,” she said. “I get my clients out and dating, so I can coach them in real time. ”

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Julianne’s dating services include matchmaking for men and dating coaching for men and women.

Whether she’s teaching women to market themselves online or set limits and boundaries, Julianne equips her clients for a variety of modern dating situations. She told us her photo shoot is often one of the most transformational and impactful experiences for clients. “These women who are feeling helpless and hopeless can quickly move to hopeful and empowered after seeing how beautiful they are,” she said.

Julianne also helps clients identify and overcome negative dating patterns, self-limiting beliefs, and other emotional blocks. She brings her knowledge as a trained therapist to analyze singles and offer concrete solutions.

“Coaching helps you get focused, create and execute a plan, and be more proactive in your search for love,” Julianne said. “If you do nothing, nothing will happen. If you create a plan to find your man, you’ll have a greater chance of finding the one.”

The Six-Month Program Boasts a 93% Success Rate

Julianne has worked with clients as young as 28 and as mature as 75. She said her company has seen more millennial clients in recent years, but her target demographic is the over-37 crowd. Her coaching clients willing to do the work and are serious daters who are willing to make changes, learn from their mistakes, and build a strong foundation for a relationship.

As long as her clients show up ready to learn, Julianne can confidently lead them to love and happiness.

Her six-month coaching program has been undeniably successful at getting her clients off on the right foot in the dating scene. Julianne boasts a 93% success rate as a dating coach. Since 2009, she has seen the vast majority of her coaching clients get into long-term relationships and marriages. She has even officiated three weddings for former clients. She has posted many success stories on her website for prospective clients to read.

“Julianne is incredible. She instantly reassured me that it is possible to meet an accomplished gentleman.” — Michelle, one of Julianne’s dating coaching clients

“I can’t thank you enough for our time together,” wrote a 44-year-old woman in a testimonial. “Through your loving guidance and expertise, I met the love of my life. Working with you gave me the confidence and courage I needed to step out of my comfort zone.”

Erin and Jim met thanks to Julianne’s guidance and reached out months later to ask a special question. “We see you as a symbol of love,” they wrote. “So, Julianne, will you marry us?”

Julianne told us she feels honored to have made a difference in so many people’s lives. Her success only leads to more success as word of her business spreads. “I’ve gained a lot of notoriety as the go-to relationship expert,” Julianne said. “When women find out how comprehensive and hands-on my program is, along with my 93% success rate, they feel confident that I can help them. But what really sets me apart from the others is my social work and therapeutic background, which gives me insights others don’t have.”

“Julianne Cantarella has been my Date Coaching angel! After struggling to navigate the dating landscape of today, I decided it was time to find a professional who could help me.” — Wilma, a dating coaching client

Thanks to her growing reputation, Julianne has been able to reach a wider audience. However, there’s only so much time in the day, and Julianne can only take on so many people herself. She typically works with 15 women in her coaching program and up to seven men in her matchmaking program. She likes to keep these numbers relatively low so she can give her clients her full attention and personalized care. “I don’t have a large team where clients and their needs can get overlooked,” she said. “My clients work directly with me. I have the experience, I have the expertise, and I make my clients a priority.”

“Again, my goal is to help empower women to take control of their love lives,” Julianne said emphatically. “I can still vividly remember how I felt beginning my own search for love. Now I teach women to set limits and boundaries, what to look for in a partner, and help them identify when a partner is investing in them.”

Julianne teaches her clients to trust themselves when it comes to identifying a perfect partner, all while not compromising their values or themselves.

Julianne Teaches Daters to Know Their Value

Julianne didn’t luck into her happy marriage. She worked hard to get where she’s at today. She set high standards for her love life and didn’t stop searching until she found the man of her dreams. Now her passion is her career, and she works hard to inspire women to reach their own relationship goals.

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Julianne runs a personalized matchmaking and date coaching company in her hometown of New Jersey.

As a dating coach, matchmaker, and former therapist, Julianne gets to the heart of her clients’ dating issues and creates a step-by-step plan to get them where they want to go. Her clients are commitment-oriented daters who are ready to find love and just need to be pointed in the right direction. With a compassionate spirit, Julianne supports singles on their journey and gives them tips to make the experience a little less frustrating and a lot more fun.

In the next year, Julianne hopes to grow her authority and her audience by publishing her dating advice. The Original New Jersey’s Matchmaker and Dating Coach is currently working on a self-help book on love and relationships. She plans to complete this labor of love by the spring of 2019.

“I want women to know it is possible to find love and not compromise themselves or their values,” Julianne said. “There are wonderful men out there. I know because my clients are meeting them and marrying them. I want to give them hope, I want to give them help, and I want them to know it is possible to find happiness in the end.”

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