Alicia McCraw is a doctoral candidate at Tulane University. She is conducting research in order to better understand how polyamorous individuals divide up divisions of labor in their relationships. Individuals are eligible for participation if they are over the age of 18 and are in a polyamorous relationship. Participants do not need to live withContinueContinue reading “Researcher Studying Division of Labor in Poly Families — Volunteer?”
Category Archives: Families
Stories From the Polycule Finalist in INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards
I am thrilled to announce that my second book, Stories from the Polycule, is a finalist in INDIEFAB’s Book of the Year Award for 2015!!! In two categories even — Families & Relationships (Adult Non-Fiction) and Anthologies! Thanks to everyone who has helped to make this book such a success. https://indiefab.forewordreviews.com/books/stories-from-the-polycule/
Combating Therapeutic Bias Against CNM Clients
In my newest Psychology Today blog I complete my series on therapeutic bias. The first blog examined the incidence, sources, and impacts of therapeutic bias against polyamorists and others in consensually non-monogamous relationships, and this second blog provides three ways to combat bias and the resources to follow through. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201603/3-ways-combat-therapeutic-bias-against-polyamory
Therapeutic Bias Against CNM Clients
My latest blog on Psychology Today looks at therapeutic bias against clients in consensually non-monogamous relationships. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201603/therapeutic-bias-against-consensual-non-monogamy
AREWE on March 12 More than Half Sold Out
The Alternative Relationship Education Workshop Event is less than two weeks away, and seats are going fast. I will be joining a team of local mental health professionals to present a special CEU workshop for Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers interested in learning how to better support clients in alternative relationship styles. Despite efforts toContinueContinue reading “AREWE on March 12 More than Half Sold Out”
Strategies to Manage Jealousy
In my first in a pair of blogs about jealousy I looked at jealousy in polyamorous and monogamous relationships. The second blog details five strategies useful for managing jealousy. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201602/five-strategies-manage-jealousy
Alternative Relationship Education Workshop Event
Alternative Relationship Education Workshop Event Atlanta March 12
InfinityCon this weekend
The inaugural meeting of InfinityCon happens this weekend at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta-Airport hotel at 1325 Virginia Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30344. I am thrilled to be giving the keynote address. My schedule is here and you can buy tickets here and you can find the master schedule here. Day passes are available at the door forContinueContinue reading “InfinityCon this weekend”
The Center for Alternative Lifestyles Hosts Dr. Eli Jan. 30 & 31
If you are going to be in the Denver area January 30 and 31, consider joining me with the Center for Alternative Lifestyles for a weekend of talks on consensual non-monogamies and their related social and legal issues. Schedule Saturday January 30, 2016 10 – 11:30: Types of Consensual Non-Monogamy and When they Work 12:30ContinueContinue reading “The Center for Alternative Lifestyles Hosts Dr. Eli Jan. 30 & 31”
New Research on Polyamorous Families Underway
If you are a member of a polyamorous family, consider participating in Marco Lenzi’s research project on teens’ perceptions of family life. See his blurb below: Hello, my name is Marco Lenzi and I am an Italian student of Clinical Psychology at Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore in Milan. I am conducting aContinueContinue reading “New Research on Polyamorous Families Underway”