Certification Program in Consensual NonMonogamies starts this fall! Are you a counselor, therapist, coach, or social worker who wants to develop greater expertise in serving clients in consensually nonmonogamous relationships? Consider taking the online nine-month certification course that I offer in collaboration with the Sexual Health Alliance. This self-paced course includes three live intensives withContinueContinue reading “Expand Your Counseling Skills: Non-Monogamy Certification Program”
Category Archives: Gender
Online Workshop for Nonconformists: Surviving Family Holidays
If you are a gender or sex nonconformist and feeling nervous about spending time with your family of origin or your partners’ family during the upcoming winter holidays, come to this online workshop to learn techniques and strategies for managing challenging family interactions! Get tickets here: https://www.sheboptheshop.com/freaky-holidays.html
Breaking Free: Rejecting Purity Culture’s Impact
My newest blog on Psychology Today explores some of the reasons people leave purity culture behind, and some of the outcomes they experience when they reject Evangelical expectations. Shout out to Mx. Tessi Muskrat for their awesome research on this topic! https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/202507/rejecting-sexual-shame-from-purity-culture #Shame #gender #relationship #Religions #purityculture #personalgrowth #NewBeginnings #healing
Understanding Multiplicity and Exclusivity in Relationships
Sally with Inner Inquiry Podcast recently interviewed Dr. Eli Sheff about polyamorous relationships, multiplicity, and exclusivity. https://youtu.be/cZgjp719Sbc?si=7rajoTb_1ygCwVC-
New Psychology Today Blog with Tips for Polite Communication when Gender is Unclear
My newest post on Psychology Today explores some communication tips and food for thought when people can’t tell the gender of the folx in the social interaction. It has been promoted to an essential read! https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/202407/how-to-talk-to-people-when-you-dont-know-their-gender
Women Revolutionizing Public Sex New Psychology Today Blog from Dr. Eli Sheff
Women have changed the ways people have public sex and opened new clubs for orgies
Women’s Sexual Fluidity with Dr. Lisa Diamond on the Bonding Hour 8 pm Eastern Nov. 30
Image: Person who appears to be a white woman with spiky dark hair, eye glasses and a teal shirt on a square with words Bonding Hour with Dr. Lisa Diamond Please join us on Thursday November 30 at 8pm Eastern time for a free discussion with Dr. Lisa Diamond about her research on sexual fluidityContinueContinue reading “Women’s Sexual Fluidity with Dr. Lisa Diamond on the Bonding Hour 8 pm Eastern Nov. 30”
Celebrate Transgender People During November Trans Awareness Month
Please join me, the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF), and lots of others in celebrating our transgender loved ones, colleagues, families, friends, niblings, beloveds, auncles, and elders all year, and especially during November which is Transgender Awareness Month. As part of their Amplifying Voices series, NCSF hosts a set of interviews with transgender activists,ContinueContinue reading “Celebrate Transgender People During November Trans Awareness Month”
Chosen Family Law Center’s Andy Izenson Joins Dr. Eli for the Bonding Hour
Join us on Live on October 26 2023 at 8 pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific time for the Bonding Hour, when Dr. Eli and Carrie Jereslow interview with Andy Izenson ESQ about building queer families, legal challenges for sex and gender minorities, and how the Chosen Family Law Center is working for legal dignity and justiceContinueContinue reading “Chosen Family Law Center’s Andy Izenson Joins Dr. Eli for the Bonding Hour”
New Podcast with Dr. Eli on MultiMonogamous
Podcast Multi-monogamous interviews Dr. Eli on sexuality, technology, artificial reproduction, Second Life, and ethics.