Inside the Israeli clinic that ‘teaches sex’ for £11,000: Pioneering institute sees clients such as injured veterans and virgins spend months under the tuition of a sex surrogate – and often fall in love

Daily Mail

Surrogate sex therapy is a controversial topic, but in Israel it’s become a vital tool to help rehabilitate the likes of those injured in traffic accidents and serving in its military.

A ‘sex surrogate’ is a trained sex partner who helps clients practice intimate physical contact to work through problems that are preventing them from having normal, healthy sexual relationships.

Many patients – both men and women – have been through sexual or military trauma, or physical disability. A pioneering clinic in Tel Aviv, run by psychologist Dr Ronit Aloni, is helping them rehabilitate.

Patients are matched with a compatible surrogate with whom they work over five months, along with the therapist, Dr Aloni, learning every detail of interaction and relating; how to speak, touch, walk alongside someone of the opposite sex, and later, the physical aspects.

The process is spread over 21 weeks and costs around £11,000, and ends when the clinic is confident that the patient is functioning physically as well as emotionally.

In the wake of a year of brutal lockdowns, the pandemic has led to a surge in demand, and Dr Aloni has had to increase her team of less than 10 to over 15 since restrictions were lifted.

You know when there is a trauma, many times it brings up historic trauma that you would usually try to ignore or avoid somehow and continue with your life,’ Dr Aloni tells FEMAIL.

‘This trauma of lockdown, nobody was ready for and it was like long lasting trauma. Conflict like we have now, we are in many ways used to, and it always passes, or a car accident that is over quickly and then you begin to do the work to repair… Covid wasn’t like any of these.’

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