A sexual surrogate is someone who works with a sex therapist to provide a hands-on adjunct to traditional “talk therapy.” Sexual surrogates work with clients on sexual communication, social skills, and sexual touching. Sexual surrogates usually distinguish what they do from sex work although, with the exception of California, the law does not make a distinction. One significant distinction between a sexual surrogate and a sex worker is that surrogates work as part of a team with a sex therapist and client.
Anyone may call himself a sexual surrogate and while training programs are available, surrogates may or may not be trained. The practice never fully caught on, and reached its peak in the 1970s and 1980s. It has almost completely disappeared but a few dozen surrogates continue to work with therapists and advertise their services online. While training is no guarantee of professionalism, it is always recommended that a surrogate only be used when referred by a registered sex therapist and preferably when he has received surrogate training.
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