Dr. Eli Sheff is an Educational Consultant and Expert Witness Serving Sexual and Gender Minorities.
Image: BDSM flag with black, blue and white lines and red heart https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/202110/sexual-variety-polyamorists-and-kinksters#_=_ My newest blog on Psychology Today is the last in a series that examines the overlap between polyamory and BDSM.
Image: two stick figures with a conversation bubble between them with an image of them in bed together My most recent blog on Psychology Today explains the importance of consent in kinky and polyamorous relationships, and how kinksters have taken the lead in creating clear guidelines for consent. It is the first time one of... Continue Reading →
Image: Screen shot of red heart surrounded by words Honesty, Trust, Respect with arrows leading in a circle My newest post on Psychology Today is the second in a series on the overlap between polyamory/consensual nonmonogamies and BDSM. It got promoted to an Essential Topic -- wahoo! https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/202108/3-things-kinksters-and-polyamorists-value-highly
Image: Color photograph of two people (one appears Black male and other appears white female) seated on the floor, bound back to back with rope, and a third person (appears white female) crouched before the bound male-appearing person and flogging him with a leather flogger. My new blog on Psychology Today is the first in... Continue Reading →
This coming Friday and Saturday (10/11 & 12) I will be presenting continuing education workshops for counselors and therapists in Los Angeles, with my delightful and esteemed colleagues Tristan Taormino and Dr. David Ley. Hosted by the Sexual Health Alliance, these two days of workshops are AASECT accredited. More information below: Have you ever considered... Continue Reading →
Practical NonMonogamy: An empirical guide to relationship diversity and kinky sex with Dr. Eli Sheff Workshop Tour 2018 This May I will embark on an 11 city, three month road trip in the United States to provide educational and interactive workshops about polyamory and kinky sex. See the schedule below for dates in a city... Continue Reading →
What do you give the kinkster who has everything? Out of ideas for an eco-friendly gift for the polyamorous folks in your life? Consider giving them the gift of sexual freedom! By supporting one of the four non-profit organizations below, you can help to fight for your gender and sexual minority friends’ and family... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I did a really fun and lighthearted interview with Woody and The Beast at the Kinky Cast and it just went up. Check it out! http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/198---dr-elisabeth-sheff--.html
Brian Reynolds’s new play Mono/Poly is a laugh-out-loud exploration of the shenanigans that ensue when two monogamous couples meet a polyamorous triad. This delightful and rousing play just opened at the Hudson Theater in Los Angeles, and I had the pleasure of seeing it twice and sitting on the panels after each performance. ... Continue Reading →
I just returned to the United States from the first annual Foro Poliamor in Spain, and was completely charmed by it all – the people I met, the places they showed me, and the conference itself. If you have never been to Spain and could possibly travel there, I strongly suggest that you try... Continue Reading →
Sheff’s television appearances include CNN, and the National Geographic, and she has given more than 20 radio, podcast, print, and television interviews with sources from Radio Slovenia to National Public Radio, the Sunday London Times to the Boston Globe and Newsweek.
