(059) Surrogate Treatment- A Case Study of 151 male clients and surrogacy coaching.

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Abstract Introduction Surrogate Treatment: A retrospective case-based study of 151 male clients obtained from the archives of three professional surrogate coaches. Surrogate Treatment is also known as Sex Surrogate therapy/Partner Therapy was created in the 1960s by the Medical and Sex Research team of Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson. It is significant in aiding clients to improve their social and sexual problems, as well as remedy diagnosed disorders. This research identifies social and sexual barriers which inhibit clients from experiencing healthy relationships and the feeling of sexual well-being. To overcome these barriers, the surrogate treatment enables the client to experience medical, psychological, social, and sexual healing. It is a treatment that combines the integration of physical and mental health. This research defines and examines the surrogate treatment, surrogate coaches, and the clients that participate in this treatment. It also demonstrates the medical and mental health role in Masters & Johnson’s “Triadic model”. The triad consists of body practitioners, therapists, and the patient/client. Inside this examination will include a description of sensate focus body-focused techniques that are the center of M&J’s surrogate treatment. Objective The purpose of this study is two-fold: 1) to evaluate the degree of success in the correction of the client's stated physical and mental problem and 2) the clinical and mental/sexual resolution of their diagnosed social and/or sexual disorder. Methods The result of this analysis is presented quantitatively in tables and qualitatively reported in a narrative-expository form. A number of themes emerged based upon the verbal interviews, with the three professional surrogate coaches as well as the data recorded during the medical and psychological clients' history-taking process. These are representational descriptions of the stated problem as self-defined by the clients and/or the referring physician. These themes are categorized as follows: 1) fear of women, 2) lack of social and sexual confidence and experience, 3) shyness and anxiety around social and sexual situations, 4) inability to develop intimate relationships, 5) lack of social and sexual education, 6) inability to perform sexually, 7) emotional and mental pain of childhood abuse and 8) lack of sexual desire. Results The implications of this study are that socioeconomics, education, age, religious backgrounds or sexual practices do not limit the success of the sensate focus and socialization techniques in surrogate treatment. Conclusions The statistical data demonstrates that clients who complete sensate focus exercises, as well as other body-focused or somatic practices also achieve resolution of their diagnosed disorder. Disclosure No