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How to locate a professional Surrogate Partners 

You may use the list below locate an IPSA-Certified Surrogate Partner.

Even if there are no IPSA-Certified Surrogate Partners listed in your area, you may still be able to access Surrogate Partner Therapy by working with an intern or doing Intensive therapy with a surrogate partner from another area. The IPSA Referrals Coordinator can assist you in determining what options are available to you.


Due to privacy concerns, some Surrogate Partners have elected not to publicly post their personal information. You can always reach out to the IPSA Referral Coordinator to learn if there is, in fact, a Surrogate Partner near you. If you are considering working with someone who states they are IPSA-Trained, IPSA-Certified, an IPSA Intern member, you are encouraged to contact the IPSA Membership Committee to confirm their credentials and that they are IPSA members in good standing. 

California

Southern California

Southern California

Vena Blanchard

Female, Los Angeles, CA, 

DrVenaBlanchard.com

  • Vena works with clients of all age, gender, and sexual orientation. 

  • Vena is not currently accepting new clients. Vena is willing to help therapists find surrogate partners for their clients who need Surrogate PartnerTherapy.

  • Vena is willing to speak with the media

 

Nathan

Male, Los Angeles, CA, 

https://www.sptla.com/spt

  • Nathan works with clients of all age, gender, and sexual orientation. 

  • Nathan is available for Intenives. He will work in LA or travel to clients locations. 

  • Nathan is willing to speak with the media

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Northern California

Eileen Chao

Female, San Francisco, CA, 

https//eileenchao.com

  • Eileen offers only the first two phases of SPT.

  • Eileen men/women/trans* 

  • Eileen is available for intensives

  • Eileen is willing to speak with the media


Cheryl Cohen Greene

Female, Berkeley, CA, 

cherylcohengreene.com

  • Cheryl works with men/women/trans*/disabled

  • Cheryl is available for intensives

  • Cheryl is willing to speak with the media


Andrew Heartman

Male, San Francisco, CA, 

surrogatepartner.us

  • Andrew works with women/trans*/disabled

  • Andrew is available for Intensives 

  • Andrew is willing to speak with the media

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Linda Poelzl

Female, San Francisco, CA, 

waterdragonwoman.com

  • Linda works with men/women/trans*/disabled

  • Linda is available for intensives and will travel

  • Linda is not available to speak with media


Mark Shattuck

Male, San Francisco, CA,

surrogatepartner.org

  • Mark works with women/men/trans*/disabled

  • Mark is not available for intensives

  • Mark is willing to speak with the media

 

Rachel Yukimura

Cis woman, San Francisco Bay Area CA, 

surrogatepartnerrachel.com

  • Rachel is a cis woman and works with women/men/trans/cis/gender non-conforming clients and clients with disabilities

  • Rachel is available for intensives.

  • Rachel does not speak to the media.


Female, Sonoma County

Sonoma Country & North SF Bay, CA

  • Works with men/women/trans*/disabled.

  • Is available for intensives

  • Prefers to be contacted through the IPSA Referral Coordinator

Northern California

Colorado

Colorado

Male

Massachusetts

​Katherine Yeagel

Northampton, MA, 

katherineyeagel.com

  • Katherine works with men/women/trans*

  • Katherine is not currently available for intensives.

  • Katherine is willing to speak with the media.

MA

Nevada

Cheryl

Reno, NV

  • Works with men and women

  • Cheryl is available for intentsives

  • Cheryl is willing to speak to the media

  • ​Prefers to be contacted through the IPSA Referral Coordinator

Nevada
New York

New York

Antoine Dupont

Male, New York City, NY

https://SomaticHealingNYC.com

  • Works with men and women

  • Antoine is available for intentsives

  • Antoine is willing to speak to the media

North Carolina

Erika Davian

Female, Duram, NC

www.sessionswitherika.com

  • Erika works with men/women/trans*/nonbinary/disabled clients

  • Erika is available for short intensives in her location only

North Carolina
Virginia

Virginia

Roger Tolle

Male, Charlottesville, VA

www.rogertolle.com/surrogate-partner-therapy

  • Roger works with men/trans*

  • Roger is available for intensives

  • Roger is willing to speak with the media

Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. vicinity

Lou Sanfillips

Female

https://www.dcsurrogatepartnership.com/

  • Works with men, women, trans*, queer, nonbinary

  • Available for intensives

  • Does not speak with media

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Male, Washington DC

  • Works with men

  • Not available for intensives

  • Does not speak with media

  • Prefers to be contacted through the IPSA Referral Coordinator

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Roger Tolle

Male

  • Roger works with men/trans*

  • Roger is available for intensives

  • Roger is willing to speak with the media

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Working with an Intern 

In addition to the IPSA-CERTIFIED Surrogate Partners listed above, you might have the option of working with a Surrogate Partner Intern. IPSA Intern members have completed the first phase of their training and have been approved for the internship phase of their training.  Interns are not listed on this website. Please contact the IPSA Referral Coordinator to discuss whether working with an intern is a reasonable option for you. We are currently referring to Surrogate Partner Interns who are working toward certification in Northern and Southern California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusets, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington state, Washington DC).

 

Interns are also available in 

BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO, AND EUROPE (including England, France, The Netherlands, and Switzerland).

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Intern Option
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