(Image Source: Cheryl Cohen Greene)

BY CODY LAGROW

ANCHOR MEGAN MURPHY

Sex...as therapy. That’s the premise of “The Surrogate”--which premieres this week at Sundance.

Such Much Films explains self-proclaimed “surrogate partner” Cheryl Cohen Greene’s relationship with one client -- Mark O’Brien.

“By the age of 36, Mark, confined mostly to an iron lung as a result of childhood polio, is eager to lose his virginity before his use-by date….On the advice of his therapist and with the guidance of his priest, Mark contacts Cheryl, who aside from her unusual occupation, is a typical soccer mom.”

Cohen Greene is now 67 years old and married -- to one of her former clients. She says business is booming, and explains her work in a documentary for WeTV.

CHERYL COHEN GREENE: “A surrogate partner is a coach, a guide, an expert in helping people become more comfortable with who they are sexually, honoring and loving their sexuality, and more confidence so they can go out into the world.”

Cohen Greene is an equal opportunity employer and works with all types of men. The San Francisco Chronicle says, “She’s worked with couples, with married men and single men, with disabled people, with men in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who have never had sex.”

But is finding a surrogate partner as healthy as Cohen Greene believes? CNN reports some mental health experts don’t agree.

“You have a person holding themselves out to be an expert or an authority figure engaging in an act that puts the another person in tremendous vulnerability.”

Whether you’ve got the money for making love or not, critics say “The Surrogate” makes for a great movie. It’s starring Helen Hunt and John Fawkes--and is already nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.