The Surrogate Partner Therapy Episode

Would you pay someone to teach you how to be sexual and intimate? Some people do! Surrogate partners work with clients to learn their bodies and how to have consensual, boundaried, erotic contact with others. Brian Gibney of bgsurrogatetherapy.com talks about touch, legality, and a misleading movie related to surrogate partner therapy. 1:00 he helps people learn to be sexual and intimate 4:00 Cheryl Cohen Greene sounds awesome 6:00 reasons why people seek out a surrogate partner 10:00 what is the training process like? 13:00 examples of boundary exercises 15:00 people cry a LOT 18:00 teaching people how to say No and Yes confidently 23:00 freedom to be yourself 26:00 some clients are not in distress, others are 29:00 challenges of the surrogate partner work 32:00 clients may fall in love and experience an ending 35:00 yes it affects how we do dating as providers 39:00 your host cries again here 44:00 do clients have to be attractive? 47:00 how can LMFTs work with surrogate partners? 53:00 on Brian’s deceased son with disabilities 58:00 life should be less painful FIND YOUR GUEST briangibney.org FIND YOUR HOST: stripperwriter.com See Elle’s $1 Behind-The-Scenes at Patreon.com/strangebedfellows Sponsored by our friends at NetherlandsWax.com Condoms and Lube can be found on Condomania.com - code THEYTALKSEX for a discounted first order! Need a waterproof blanket? Sponsored by Love-Blanket.com - 10% OFF with code THEYTALKSEX Looking for quality vibes? Get 15% off at LoveCrave.com Thanks for rating and reviewing this podcast :)