emiko is a surrogate partner and her work is highly controversial. what is a surrogate partner? >> so a surrogate partner is part of a therapeutic process. so you have a therapist, a surrogate partner and a client. usually the way it works is a therapist has a client who has intimacy issues and they bring me on and i actually develop real intimate, physical and emotional relationships with my clients. >> is there a typical profile of your clients? >> most people see me because they believe that something's wrong with the way that they function. then i get people who have a history of sexual abuse. so there's really a variety of reasons people come to see me. >> there are some who say that what you do is sex work. >> mm-hmm. >> how do you respond to that? >> there are a few differences. one is that we're always working with a therapist and the intentions are very different.