Shabnam Sadigova

Psychologist & Sex Therapist

Shabnam Sadigova is an Azerbaijani psychologist and sex therapist with more than 15 years of clinical experience across psychotherapy, sexual health, couples therapy, and reproductive mental health. Based in Baku, she works internationally with individuals and couples.

Her clinical work is grounded in psychodynamic thinking and a multidisciplinary understanding of mental and sexual health. She considers the interaction of psychological, relational, biological, and cultural factors rather than approaching symptoms in isolation.

Her education and specialist training span Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Norway, the United States, and Spain. She completed the European Society for Sexual Medicine’s School of Sexual Medicine with an ISSM scholarship, advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalytic theory through the Psychoanalytic Association of New York, and specialisation in Sex and Couples Therapy at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Her clinical career spans neurological, psychiatric, and reproductive-health settings. In Baku, she founded and led the psychotherapy department of a reproductive health centre, where she worked with individuals and couples undergoing infertility treatment and collaborated within multidisciplinary medical teams. She is also the founder of Therapy House, where she has led clinical, educational, and public-health initiatives in mental and sexual health.

Internationally, she has designed and delivered sexual and reproductive health programmes for survivors of trafficking through the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation in Vietnam and has trained professionals in culturally sensitive sexual-health practice.

She is the founder of Sexophone Talks, an international event series on sexuality, culture, and intimacy held in Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Vietnam. She also led Azerbaijan’s first comprehensive school-based sex education pilot, funded by the Ministry of Science and Education.

She works with individuals and couples in Azerbaijani, Turkish, English, and Russian.