Multicolored embroidery threads form tangled loops across a neutral linen surface. This fall of 2026 is shaping up to be an exciting time filled with fun and learning! Here are some of the things I am doing that you might want to join. Overlapping CNM & BDSM CE Workshop at Sexology Outsiders The SexualContinueContinue reading “Fall 2026 Events for CNM & BDSM Relationships with Dr. Eli”
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S//xology Outsiders Training: Understanding Diverse Desires
Join me on September 5–6, 2026, for the S//xual Health Alliance’s S//xology Outsiders: Advanced Clinical Perspectives & Hidden Worlds of Desire—a live, online professional training exploring the identities, relationships, practices, and desires that many clinicians and helping professionals receive little or no formal education about. I will be teaching about the intersections between consensual nonmonogamies/polyamoryContinueContinue reading “S//xology Outsiders Training: Understanding Diverse Desires”
Understanding Neurodiverse Sexuality Challenges
In my newest blog on Psychology Today I explore some of the sexual issues that face neurodiverse people and how they and their partners can address them to create a happy, satisfying sex life together. You can find it at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/202608/neurodiverse-sexuality-and-common-challenges
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.ContinueContinue reading “Cultivating Relationship Satisfaction in Non-Monogamy: Sign Up Now!”
Monthly Mono-Poly Relationship Support
If you are in a mixed-dynamic relationship where one person wants exclusivity and another wants an open relationship and you could use some help figuring out how to manage it, consider joining us for an online support group the second Wednesday of every month. This coming February 11 and 5 pm Pacific time/8 pm EasternContinueContinue reading “Monthly Mono-Poly Relationship Support”
Explore Mixed Relationships: Workshop in Los Angeles January 11
Mixed Dynamic Relationships Workshop in Los Angeles Jan. 11 Are you in a relationship with someone who wants a different format than you do? One wants an exclusive relationship, and the other wants to be open to multiple partners? Both want multiple partners, but would prefer different kinds of openness? You share a craving forContinueContinue reading “Explore Mixed Relationships: Workshop in Los Angeles January 11”
Navigate Family Stress During Holidays
Are you dreading seeing your family during the upcoming winter holidays? Afraid of what they will say to you or how they will react to your gender or relationship nonconformity? Then this is the perfect workshop for you! Join me, Dr. Eli, for an evening of strategizing and advice for how to deal with challengingContinueContinue reading “Navigate Family Stress During Holidays”
Expand Your Counseling Skills: Non-Monogamy Certification Program
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”
Understanding Polyamorous Families: A Workshop for Professionals
If you are a counselor, therapist, educator, or other professional who serves families with children and want to develop cultural competency with polyamorous families, please join us this Friday for an online workshop! Using data from the Longitudinal Polyamorous Family Study (1996 – present), Dr. Elisabeth Sheff presents findings relevant to families with multiple adults.ContinueContinue reading “Understanding Polyamorous Families: A Workshop for Professionals”
Navigating Mixed Relationship Dynamics: Join Our Monthly Support Group
Montly drop-in support group for folks in mixed-dynamic relationships Wednesday October 8 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern time Online Mixed dynamic relationships are those in which one person wants an exclusive relationship and another wants an open relationship, all the people want an open relationship but different kinds, or all the people want an exclusiveContinueContinue reading “Navigating Mixed Relationship Dynamics: Join Our Monthly Support Group”