Exposure Therapy in a safe container for clients to overcome relational and sexual problems
Jason is a surrogate partner practitioner who collaborates with licensed mental health professionals to support women working through relational, attachment, and intimacy-related concerns.
His work is grounded in trauma-informed care, consent-based practice, and gradual exposure principles, with a strong emphasis on client autonomy and psychological safety.
Specializing in working with high-functioning women who present with avoidance, anxiety, shutdown, or fear related to intimacy and close relationship-often despite strong insight and success in other areas of life.
Jason understands these responses as adaptive strategies shaped by lived experience, and he approaches the work with respect for the client’s nervous system, pacing and therapeutic goals.
If you’re wondering if this work could be supportive for your client, Jason invites you to reach out and ask questions.
Ethics
Surrogate Partner Therapy is not illegal. There are no statutes, ordinances, or constitutional provisions that are violated by treating a client with a collaborating surrogate partner.
Learn more at Surrogate Partner Collective
FAQs
Is there risk to losing my license?
The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) code of ethics encourages certified members to refer consumers to better-qualified sources if the licensed clinician’s capability cannot provide optimal benefit to their client.
How can I assure client safety?
Surrogates are trained to hold space for the clients needs. They have no personal agenda within the therapeutic relationship. Training includes supervised cases with experienced surrogate partner mentors. Suggested therapeutic exercises are made optional only if it supports client goals.
I’d like to get to meet a surrogate partner, how can I do that?
Jason recommends the clinician and client have a face-to-face meeting with him before surrogacy sessions are underway. It is important to know who your surrogate is in the flesh, to get a sense of how he demonstrates safety. Face-to-face consultations are not always possible when long-distance separates clinician from surrogate. Jason requires video call consultations so the he can determine if he thinks it is a good fit for him to work with both clinician and client.
How can I establish care with a surrogate partner?
Jason requires potential clients to have established care with a clinician for some time before considering surrogate partner therapy. If both client and clinician agree collaborating with a surrogate is necessary, then either the clinician or the client should reach out to Jason to request a three-way meeting.