Relationship Coach Specializing in Polyamory, BDSM, and Families with Children
Relationship Coaching

Ongoing coaching sessions to help Polyamorous, BDSM and Gender Minorities identify relationship patterns, clarify boundaries and improve communication skills for managing their unconventional relationships.
Community Edutainment

Great nights where the local folx can learn about themselves, laugh, and learn some things they just might want to try out later.
Media Consulting

Dr. Eli Sheff is one of the leading experts on consensual non-monogamy in the United States and the foremost expert on polyamorous families with children worldwide, sharing her expertise with prestigious publications like CNN, New York Times and NPR.

Dr. Elisabeth “Eli” Sheff
Dr. Elisabeth Sheff is one of a handful of global academic experts on polyamory, and the foremost academic expert on children in polyamorous families. Specializing in diversity and underserved populations.
Dr. Eli’s Blog featured on PsychologyToday.com
Join a Study on Polycules: Paid Research Opportunity
Researchers from Northwestern University, Chapman University, and UC Davis are studying the ways in which polycules connect and communicate. If you are at least18 years old and have at least two partners, consider participating in this paid study supported by the Polyamory Foundation. See the flyer above for more information.
Exploring Sustainable Polyamory in Today’s Society
In response to Lindy West’s new book, Holly Baxter at the Independent recently interviewed me about the possibility that polyamory and other forms of consensual nonmonogamy are sustainable. Refreshingly, Baxter offers quite a balanced view of CNM. https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/lindy-west-adult-braces-polyamory-b2946483.html
Additional Professional Service
Expert Witness and Legal Consultant

Dr. Eli Sheff provides expert witnessing for court cases related to child custody, consensual non-monogamy and BDSM.
Corporate and Public Speaking

With an informative, entertaining, and accessible speaking style, Dr. Eli Sheff frequently designs and conducts seminars on sex, race, and gender diversity to corporations, nonprofits, universities and health professionals.
Academic and Publication Editing

Dr. Eli Sheff provides a wide range of professional writing services. From editing legal, business and academic publications, to content development for websites, and newsletters, all the way to ghost writing.
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About
One of a handful of global experts on polyamory and the foremost international expert on children in polyamorous families, Dr. Elisabeth Sheff has studied sex and gender minority families for over 30 years.
Sheff’s television appearances include CNN, and the National Geographic, and she has given hundreds of radio, podcast, print, and television interviews with sources from Vouge and BuzzFeed to the New York Times and National Public Radio.

