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
Cultivating Relationship Satisfaction in Non-Monogamy: Sign Up Now!
In honor of the Week of CNM Visibility sponsored by OPEN, Tamara Pincus and Elisabeth Sheff are hosting a workshop on relationship satisfaction for folks in multiple-partner relationships. Join us on July 6 4 to 5:30 pm (Pacific time) for an informative discussion that includes a summary of the research on relationship satisfaction from Dr.…
Progress on Polyamory Legal Protections in Portland
Jake Thomas, a reporter at the Guardian, recently interviewed me about the progress that folks in polyamorous relationships are making towards protections in local arenas — specifically Portland Oregon. You can find the article herehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/03/polyamory-legal-protections
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.