Sex in Public therapist goes undercover to get strangers to dish salacious details

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Jill Dictrow, 48, is the host of the new TLC series Sex in Public, which premieres on Friday, October 2
As part of the show, the therapist goes undercover with hidden cameras as she gets strangers to talk about their most intimate relationships
In one episode, Jill strikes up a conversation with a woman trying on wedding dresses and learns her boyfriend left her the night before

Published: 14:19 EST, 1 October 2015 | Updated: 15:03 EST, 1 October 2015

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A professional sex therapist is taking her work to the street as she goes undercover in common public places to get unsuspecting strangers to open up about their intimate relationships - or lack there of.

As the host of TLC's new reality series Sex in Public, Jill Dictrow, 48, visits a mall, a bridal shop and a variety of other locations with hidden cameras to offer real people free advice about their sexual and emotional issues in the hopes of helping those who are apprehensive about seeking therapy.

'The people who need the most help aren't the ones coming to my office,' Jill told Daily Mail Online. 'I like to talk about sex wherever I go.'

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Let it out: Jill Dictrow (right), 48, is the host of the new TLC series Sex in Public, in which she goes undercover with hidden cameras to get people to open up about their loves lives and most intimate relationships

Jill explained that people in the US tend to be very closed off to nudity, sex and being free with their sexuality, but she thinks people are finally getting to a point where they can talk about intimacy openly.

'I think that sex has a taboo too it. [People] think it is supposed to be behind closed doors, and it is very private,' she said. 'For me it is very healthy important part of a relationship. Having a fun, exciting sexual relationship is important and should be talked about.'

As part of the show, Jill uses her skills as a therapist to strike up conversations with strangers in the hopes of getting them to open up about their sex lives. However, the therapist noted that she was always able to be herself when she was undercover.

'Thank God I wasn't in a bank where I would have to be doing mortgages. I would have been out of my element,' she said with a laugh.

In one of the episodes, Jill poses as a bride-to-be as she tries on wedding dresses and starts chatting with a woman named Darcy.

Being honest: When Jill is trying on dresses at a bridal boutique, she meets Darcy, who reveals that she isn't even engaged, but she desperately wants her boyfriend to commit to her fully

Reaching out: After Darcy admits that her boyfriend had left her the night before, Jill says she felt compelled to hug her - something she normally wouldn't do with a client

However, Jill quickly learns that Darcy isn't officially engaged; in fact, she admits that her boyfriend struggles to commit to her wholeheartedly.

'He melts me, and I just want to do right by him,' Darcy says after Jill asks why she is still with him.

And while Darcy says their sex life is great, she confesses that her boyfriend has just left her for the second time in their relationship.

'I just want him to get his c**p together. Can I tell you something? He walked out on me again yesterday,' she said tearfully. 'So he is gone again.'

Jill immediately leans in to hug and console Darcy, something she doesn't typically do with her clients.

'The rawness was so very real,' Jill told Daily Mail Online of Darcy's pain. 'Everybody wants to be married and everybody wants to be loved.'

Playing matchmaker: During the series, Jill also tries to get two friends who are getting chair massages at the mall to admit that that they have feelings for each other

Can you see me? Jill says the cameras are hidden so well that she forgot that they were there

'We don't hug in therapy,' Jill noted, but in that moment she said she felt compelled to hug her.

'Anybody who has ever been in love knows what that feels like, and anybody who has had their heartbroken knows that what feels like too,' she explained.

And while the preview for Sex in Public highlights the humorous moments, Jill said there is 'more heart to it too'.

Although the people she met on the show were unaware that she is a therapist, Jill said everyone was 'so kind' and 'graciously' signed the release papers after they learned they were being filmed for a television.

Not only were they happy to share their stories on TV, but some people wanted Jill to take them on as clients - a request she kindly refused.

Jill explained that viewers don't see that she actually spent thirty-minutes with the people she met as she built a rapport with them before she divulged into their love lives.

'There was an unraveling of someone telling me what was happening in their life,' she said. 'That is what it really made it real and genuine.'

Tell me more: While the segments on the show are edited down, Jill says she spent 30 minutes building a rapport with the people she met while filming the series

Keeping it real: Jill, who specializes in relationship therapy, says she likes to talk about sex wherever she goes

There are plenty of fun moments throughout the season as well, and during one episode, Jill plays matchmaker to two friends who have feelings for each other - but won't confess them.

While they are sitting in massage chairs at the mall, Jill loosens them up by showing them her 'sex face'.

'I have a great sense of humor, but I laugh with them not at them,' Jill said of the people on her show. 'I would throw myself under the bus way before I did that to anybody else.

'I get off on other peoples fun stories. I get excited. People's great sex got me excited,' she added. 'The better the sex the more excited I got.

'I don't get it when someone says they don't have great sex.'

Whether the issues are emotional or sexual in nature, Jill said there are always ways and places people can find affordable help that they need.

'No one should ever stay in any kind of emotional pain,' she said. 'If you suffer, it affects your whole life. If there is a will there is a way.'

Staying true: The therapist explains that even though she is technically 'undercover', she was always able to be herself

Caught on camera: Jill says although the show had a lot of humorous moments, it also had a great deal of heart to it

Jill explained that what is great about her show is the fact that 'everybody can use someone to talk to' and sometimes it is easier to open up to a stranger over a friend or relative because there is no fear of judgement.

'Sex in public is one of the first shows that truly has the message that not only is sex healthy for couples, it is something worth talking,' she said.

'We talk about everything else for Christ's sake. Why can't we talk about orgasms?'

And when it comes to sex, Jill said there is no such thing as too much.

'It's passing each other in the hallway and just smacking the other's a**,' she said of staying intimate.

Jill, who believes 'planned sex is crap', is also a huge advocate of spontaneity. According to the therapist, the latest lovemaking trend is for partners to get couples massages before having a 'quickie' in the room after the therapist steps out to let them change.

'I think that is so hot,' she said, before adding: 'I don't think date night is cracked up to be what it is. I think spontaneous sex and people who surprise each other is where it is at.'

Sex in Public premieres on Friday, October 2 at 10/9 central on TLC