Jacqueline Hellyer
Relational Sexologist
Where science meets soul in the art of loving
Jacqueline Hellyer is a world-renowned sex therapist, sexologist and relationship counsellor based in Sydney, Australia, helping individuals and couples worldwide create more conscious, connected, and erotically alive relationships.
As a pioneer of Relational Sexology, Jacqueline blends modern science with timeless wisdom to bring a fresh, holistic understanding of love, sex and intimacy. Her work combines psychology, neuroscience and somatic awareness with spiritual insight - guiding people beyond performance or problem-solving and into genuine connection and eroticaliveness.
With warmth, intelligence,and a touch of playful humanity, she has become one of Australia’s most trusted voices in the field, known for making even the most delicate topics feel approachable, hopeful and deeply empowering.
Pioneering Relational Sexology
As a Relational Sexologist, Jacqueline brings together the fields of psychosexual therapy, relationship counselling, and transpersonal psychology into a single, integrated approach: Relational Sexology.
At its heart, Relational Sexology recognises that sexuality and relating are inseparable. Whether a client seeks help with desire, communication, performance, or emotional intimacy, Jacqueline’s work explores how love, pleasure, and consciousness intertwine. It’s not just about fixing problems; it’s about cultivating the conditions for connection, safety, and erotic aliveness to flourish.
This unique fusion of science, psychology and spirituality has made Jacqueline a trusted authority and teacher in the art and science of intimacy.
Professional Background & Achievements
With over 20 years of clinical experience, 10,000+ hours of client sessions, and 3,000+ hours leading workshops and retreats, Jacqueline’s work spans the full spectrum from the scientific to the sacred, the embodied to the intellectual.
She is the Founder and Principal Therapist of The LoveLife Clinic, where she and her team support clients through psychosexual therapy and relationship counselling in Sydney and online. She is also the creator of the Couples Intimacy Masterclass, a seven-module online program that helps couples everywhere reignite connection and intimacy from home.
Jacqueline leads Couples Retreats in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia and Bali, transformative experiences that blend deep relational learning with embodied practice and sensual renewal.
A published author of three books, Jacqueline is also a sought-after speaker and media expert, regularly featured across national and international outlets including ABC, Channel 7, SBS, The Sydney Morning Herald, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and Body+Soul.
She co-hosts the popular cross-generational podcast My Mum’s a Sex Therapist with her daughter Claudia and shares ongoing insights through her LoveLife Blog & Podcast, featuring over 360 articles and podcast episodes.
Qualifications & Training
Jacqueline holds two Master’s degrees: one in Sexual Health and another in Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology, alongside degrees in Biochemistry, Human Sciences, and Literature.
She is an accredited Psychosexual Therapist with the Society of Australian Sexologists (SAS), one of only a handful in Australia at this level, as well as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and is trained in the Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT).
Her professional training also extends into mindfulness, Tantra, Taoism and embodied practice, allowing her to bridge ancient wisdom with contemporary science.
The Scope of Jacqueline’s Work
All of Jacqueline’s offerings are expressions of her larger mission: to help people live, love and connect more deeply. Her work spans:
A Personal Philosophy
After decades exploring the science and spirit of human connection, Jacqueline has come to see that our sexuality isn’t separate from our humanity, it’s the pulse of it.
She believes that when we approach love and intimacy with awareness, curiosity and courage, we not only transform our relationships, we awaken our deepest vitality and joy in living.
This is Relational Sexology in action: helping people feel at home in themselves, connected to each other, and fully alive in love.
TESTIMONIALS
Sometimes the love comes back as praise... Here I humbly present some of what people have said about me.
Note: Given the nature of my work and to protect people’s privacy, I’m not giving names - please trust me that these are all authentic!
I really enjoyed all the loving energy in the room. I've certainly never experienced anything like it before.
Thanks so much for a life changing 5 days! We were truly impacted and challenged beyond our expectations so thank you.
You’re the first of many counsellors who really feels comfortable and is coming from a practical, understandable place. You've helped us find the key and it's really quite simple.
I've just read your new book and I just want to say it is FABULOUS!! I'm so glad you wrote it and it is such a special and beautiful work I can't put it down!
“I thought this retreat would expand our sex life, but it didn’t so much expand as turn our sex life upside down! I’m now seeing the world with a new, exciting, slightly bewildering new light!”
"What a magical time away! I feel truly blessed to have had the opportunity to attend this retreat. Some of the takeaways are being practiced as we work on integrating it into our daily lives to create a more joyful and erotic relationship."
I'm so happy with ME, where I am and where we are as a couple. This is where I've been trying to get for so long and now I'm here! Thanks - you're the best!
Taking Black Belt completely revolutionized my thinking about sex and has had a long lasting positive influence on my sex life.
This book has changed our lives. It’s all good practical common-sense - and it works!
The program was a lot different than I expected, I feel like I was almost tricked into being taught exactly what I really needed to know! I thought I'd learn all these new sex tricks, positions, etc that would blow my partner away and have her coming back and begging for more haha, but that was really not the focus of this program and also not really what I needed to hear and frankly shows my initial misunderstanding of sexuality to begin with. Your program was SO much more than that, so refreshingly educational to me at 34 years of age. To say your course is worth every penny is truly an understatement
Luscious Woman was so useful and very much applies to the modern lush woman who wants to feel and be even more empowered!
Now we understand why you wanted us to attend one of your retreats. We learnt so much from you in private sessions, but doing your couples retreat has really taken us so much further and deeper. It’s been absolutely wonderful, far more transformative than we could ever have imagined.
"Thank you for the wonderful Tantric Lounge session, we really enjoyed it. You are a very good facilitator, and an absolute expert in this area of life and love."
“Sex was just off the agenda and we’d lost connection. We couldn’t recommend this book more. It really will help”
"All I can say is, WOW! The location was stunning, and so in tune with the whole experience. The antique bridal houses, the home grown produce, the magnificent views, the massages, the yoga sessions, the staff, all made it blissful. The course itself was eye opening, we learnt a lot, quite often it was very emotional, and people bared their souls which was very humbling. The structure of the course, with the breaks, we thought was perfect, and we loved the homework. The fire ceremony, and the outing to the old temple, where we did the couples blessing, were an added bonus. Thank you for the whole experience."
The empowerment you provide people is inspirational, life changing and the beauty of it is that you don't give them power, you don't even create it, it just simply manifests itself through the opportunities you so strategically present.
My sessions with Jacqueline were like a great conversation with a very wise sister/friend. She helped me through the end of my 25 year marriage with compassion and insight, giving me perspective, coping skills and a gentle push where required. I’m so grateful to have had her wise counsel.
"We have great memories of the retreat! We are both so grateful for being part of the workshop with you. Our relationship is a work in progress, and the retreat definitely made positive changes to the way we feel and relate with each other. We are still on a magical ride and appreciate the time we share together so much more than before."
I really got what it means to come into my masculine sexual energy, with strength and confidence and no macho or aggression. Feels great! (And my wife is beaming!)
Before meeting Jacqueline we were “fumbling around in the dark”, I couldn’t go the distance and this left my beloved underwhelmed. We were caught in the daily grind, were sexually frustrated and wanting a more satisfying experience. Since Jacqueline’s sex coaching our lovemaking has become light-hearted, our lives filled with romance, dating, petting, smooches. When we make love the time is intimate, fun, erotic, orgasmic and/or all of the above. We’ve never been happier, whole or as complete – and can’t thank you enough.
Experience
Public Speaking
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The Lovelife Clinic
Learn
Couples Intimacy Masterclass
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Lovelife Blog & Podcast
Experience
Couples Retreats