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SEL

WHO I AM

Areas of interest include:

 

  • Relationship concerns, communication and conflict

  • Relationship or sexual anxiety

  • Low desire or desire discrepancy

  • Sexuality across life stages

  • Relational trauma

  • Non-monogamy

  • Folks new to sex

  • Supporting Asian communities

  • Sexual function including arousal, sexual pain, erections, orgasm and ejaculation

I'm Selina Nguyen (she/they) and I'm a clinical sex and relationship therapist, sexology supervisor, writer, and founder of Come Back to Bed

 

Come Back to Bed is a space for curiosity, learning and sexual exploration. Whether you're seeking therapy with me in Marrickville, Sydney, online across Australia or internationally (excluding the US and Canada), or looking to deepen your understanding through my writing, workshops, educational offerings and clinical supervision, you'll find resources here to support your play.

Who are the folks I like to work with? I work with folks from many different walks of life, yet all who feel stuck in their relationship, their bodies or sex lives in some way and often wondering "how did we even get here?" or "is it even possible to work through this?"

This space is for people who want to find their desire, deepen their relationships, get to know vulnerability and create space for pleasure. I work with many folks whose relationships otherwise feel really great and want their sex lives to feel similarly. I especially love working with people who haven't had the opportunity or haven't known how to reflect and talk about sex.

How do I practice? You are a not a problem to fix, but a human to be witnessed. I invite you into conversations that are a soft blend of theory and practical where we might dive deep into what intimacy means for you at this stage in your life, but also what does it actually mean to be in your body or to feel your feelings.

Anchored in queer and somatic theories, I reflect back where I see you getting stuck and offer other paths through education, pleasure and connection. I'm passionate about taking all that feels hard to say and sharing it together. I hope to offer you a soft space to land, to fall apart and to be challenged. Alongside my formal degrees, I also get to playfully interweave my approach with my further trainings in the worlds of disability, non-monogamy, relational somatics and tantric massage. 

What's my practice philosophy?​ I aim to be transparent in all that I do and I work from a relational, pleasure-centric and non-pathologising approach. The lenses through which I see the world and my practice is influenced by being Asian-Australian, queer, feminist, a daughter of immigrants and a cisgender woman living without disability.

I believe in the healing power of connection, and the need for us to learn how to be good romantic and sexual partners, whether that be learning how to navigate vulnerable conversations, creating new patterns, getting out of our heads, prioritising our sexual selves and more. I believe that how we approach sex is a mirror for how we approach our lives and in so, I work in ways that are holistic and honour this.

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EDUCATION

  • Masters of Science in Medicine (Sexual and Reproductive Health) in Psychosexual Therapy - University of Sydney
     

  • Graduate Diploma in Relationship Counselling - Australian Institute of Social Relations
     

  • Bachelor of Science (Psychology) and Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) - University of Sydney
     

  • Professional Memberships held with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and Society of Australian Sexologists (SAS)

  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Externship and Core Skills - Brisbane Centre for EFT
     

  • Narrative Therapy Level One - Dulwich Centre
     

  • Level One Gottman Method Couples Therapy - Gottman Institute
     

  • Certificate of Attainment in Individual and Group Professional Clinical Supervision

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"Put simply, Selina has changed my life. For the last 20 years I have struggled with intense guilt, shame and trauma around my sexuality that has made it difficult for me to enjoy and connect with sexual experiences.

 

By directly challenging my pre-existing views while still holding space and offering genuine compassion and kindness, all underpinned by a deep and holistic understanding of sex and sexuality, she has helped me rediscover and accept myself in a way I never thought possible. Thank you, Selina."

— Client (cis man, aged 30-40)

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Come Back to Bed is founded and operates on unceded Gadigal Land. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia, and pays respect to the First Nations People and their elders, past, present and emerging. We also honour the lives of all LGBTQIA+ people that have paved the way before us and celebrate the extraordinary diversity of people's bodies, genders, sexualities and relationships that they represent.

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