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 Referral Coordinator to confirm their credentials and that they are IPSA members in good standing.
California
Southern California
Vena Blanchard
Female, Los Angeles, CA,
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Vena works with clients of every age, every gender, and every sexual orientation.
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Vena is available for intensives
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Vena is willing to speak with the media
Arianna Fernandez
Female, Los Angeles, CA,
GetSurrogatePartnerTherapy.com
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Arianna works with clients of all genders; the disabled.
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Arianna is available for intensives.
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Arianna prefers to be contacted through the IPSA Referral Coordinator
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Northern California
Eileen Chao
Female, San Francisco, CA,
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Eileen works with men/women/trans*
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Eileen is available for intensives
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Eileen is willing to speak with the media
Cheryl Cohen Greene
Female, Berkeley, CA,
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Cheryl works with men/women/trans*/disabled
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Cheryl is available for intensives
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Cheryl is willing to speak with the media
Andrew Heartman
Male, San Francisco, CA,
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Andrew works with women/trans*/disabled
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Andrew is available for Intensives
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Andrew is willing to speak with the media
Cheryl King
Female, San Francisco & East Bay, CA
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Cheryl works with men
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Cheryl is available for intensives
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Cheryl is willing to occasionally speak with the media
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Cheryl prefers to be contacted through the IPSA Referral Coordinator
Linda Poelzl
Female, San Francisco, CA,
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Linda works with men/women/trans*/disabled
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Linda is available for intensives and will travel
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Linda is not available to speak with media
Mark Shattuck
Male, San Francisco, CA,
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Mark works with women/men/trans*/disabled
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Mark is not available for intensives
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Mark is willing to speak with the media
Rachel Yukimura
Cis woman, San Francisco Bay Area CA,
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Rachel is a cis woman and works with women/men/trans/cis/gender non-conforming clients and clients with disabilities
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Rachel is available for intensives.
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Rachel does not speak to the media.
Female
Sacramento, CA
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Works with men/women/trans*/disabled.
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Is available for intensives
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Prefers to be contacted through the IPSA Referral Coordinator
Female
Sonoma Country & North SF Bay, CA
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Works with men/women/trans*/disabled.
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Is available for intensives
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Prefers to be contacted through the IPSA Referral Coordinator
Colorado
Male
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Works with women
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Is available for intensives
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Prefers to be contacted through the IPSA Referral Coordinator
Florida
Tara M.
Female, South Florida
sessionswithtara.com
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Tara works with men and women. Disabled clients welcome.
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Tara is available for intensives throughout FL and travels extensively for intensives
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Tara is not available to speak with the media
Massachusetts
​Katherine Yeagel
Northampton, MA,
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Katherine works with men/women/trans*
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Katherine is not currently available for intensives.
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Katherine is willing to speak with the media.
New York
Male
New York City, NY
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Works with male clients
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Prefers to be contacted through the IPSA Referral Coordinator
Southeastern US
Erika Davian
Female,
www.sessionswitherika.com
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Erika works with
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Erika is available for intensives in her location only
Virginia
Roger Tolle
Male, Charlottesville, VA
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Roger works with men/trans*
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Roger is available for intensives
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Roger is willing to speak with the media
Washington D.C. vicinity
Female
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Works with men, women, trans*, queer, nonbinary,
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Available for intensives
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Does not speak with media
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Prefers to be contacted through the IPSA Referral Coordinator
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Male
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Works with men
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Not available for intensives
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Does not speak with media
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Prefers to be contacted through the IPSA Referral Coordinator
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Roger Tolle
Male
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Roger works with men/trans*
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Roger is available for intensives
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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, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusets, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington state, Washington DC), BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO, AND EUROPE (including England, France, Holland, and Switzerland).
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