About Dr. Elisabeth Sheff
With more than 25 years researching consensual nonmonogamies, Dr. Eli Sheff is the foremost academic expert on polyamorous families with children.
Dr. Eli has a PhD in sociology and is a Certified Sexuality Educator who has written four books and 30+ academic articles on CNM and BDSM/kinky sex. She serves as a relationship coach, educator, and expert witness.
CNM is certainly not for everyone, and Dr. Eli can help people understand how it can work and why, and when it is a bad idea.
She has appeared on hundreds of podcasts, television shows, and media interviews with outlets from NPR, National Geographic, and the New York Times to Cosmopolitan and Savage Love. Dr. Eli blogs for Psychology Today and always wants to make friends with dogs.
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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.
Thanks for linking!
Please consider offering CEUs for the classes you teach.
I do sometimes offer CEUs and it takes a lot of time and effort. If you are interested in helping me to organize an event that offers CEUs in your area, I am definitely interested in providing more CEU trainings. What kinds of CEUs do you want? In the past I have provided continuing education primarily for educators, counselors, and therapists. In the future I would like to expand that to medical personnel like nurses, physicians assistants, and doctors, as well as legal professionals. If you would like to pursue this matter, please email me at drelisheff@gmail.com.
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Cheers,
Eli
Dr Eli .. My name is Ron Muccianti. I”m a producer for MGM. We are producing a non-airing tv pilot for a new daytime show and i’m in the process of looking for folks having a difficult time making a poly relationship work (in Atlanta or folks who live in Georgia) and we are also looking for an expert to be in the segment. Are you able to help us line up some folks to consider. What I’d love to find is folks who are dealing with jealous issues or folks where one person wants to try entering into a poly relatiionship and the otehr is very reluctant and can’t decide if they should try it out or not.. I”m on a huge tight deadline so if you get this message tonight please feel free to call me tomorrow to discuss.. I can be reached at 323 240 7359 or ronmooch312@aol.com. HOpe to hear from you.
are you jewish?
Kind of. My father was Jewish which means some reform Jews would count me as a Jew, but because my mother is not Jewish that means I am not a real Jew in the eyes of conservative or orthodox Jews.
Hi Dr. Sheff
I left a message on your FB page, but I’m following it up here.
I’m a 62 yr old male who identifies as poly and I’ve been in a non-traditional open marriage with my significant other. for several years. I’ve never been in a Triad, although I came close when I was much younger.
Long story short, over the years, I’ve taken to writing fiction, basically aimed toward digging into relationship issues between people, and have published a modest amount of novels that have received high praise from those who have read them. But the one book I’ve always wanted to write is about a fictional triad; telling a story that is relevant and non-sensational about the good, the bad and ugly things that crop up in such relationships so that people can be educated while at the same time enjoy a good story. I have found as an author, and a speaker over the years, people’s ears perk up when a good story is told, where they can identify with the characters and see that they may not be so different as them. I know there are many books about triads, but I’ve not found many books that are in the fictional story-telling realm. I think a book like this would have a good target audience as well as extending out into other genres, which would further bring this lifestyle into the public domain in an educational, yet entertaining way.
With all that said, I was wondering if I can pick your collected experiences in Triads, so that I can put forth a story that is realistic for not only those in my audience who are in Triads but also for others who simply make assumptions and don’t see the value in such relationships as well as judging people who are in them. If you care to take a quick peak, I have a website that is based on my writing as well as other creative things I have done. rbagliere.com
Granted, you are probably very busy, and you don’t know me, but I thought I’d take a shot here and reach out to say Hi and introduce myself. I totally understand if you decline.
Best to you and I hope you have a great day.
Ron