Dr. Eli Sheff is an Educational Consultant and Expert Witness Serving Sexual and Gender Minorities.
Image: KFI News logo with tall tower on left and call sign in black lettering I recently did an interview with Dr. Wendy Walsh for her live talk radio show in Los Angeles and she asked me about Trevor Baur, consent, polyamory, and the Bonding Project. You can check it out at <iframe allow="autoplay" width="100%"... Continue Reading →
Image: Pairs with Life logo with person appears white male holding wine bottle up to his eye The podcast is now LIVE! You can link to it here:https://pairswithlife.net/podcast/pairs-with-polyamory-and-fogelson-vineyard-cabernet/ Here's the podcast on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prx5Fxoh4ck And here's the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdef5etr9Vk&t=5s
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 →
Logo for 4th NonMonogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Econference #eNMCI2021 Non-Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies goes online 24-26 September 2021 http://www.nmciconference.com Due to the changes and uncertainties created by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the original plan, laid out in 2019, to have the 4th NMCI in Chile was postponed, but not abandoned. In the meantime, there have... Continue Reading →
Image: A green cartoon couch that looks like a conversation bubble in comics. Lauren Buongiovanni, a self-described "thrill-seeking, psychological expert," interviewed Dr. Eli Sheff for her new show, Off The Couch. You can find those mini-episodes here, as well as Lauren's other interviews on interesting topics like sex, marriage, fidelity, online dating, celibacy, and other diverse... 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: the O.school logo with a blue O and black .school Amanda Sherker at O.school recently interviewed me about polyamory and wrote a delightful quick read that you can fine at https://www.o.school/article/what-is-polyamory
I am thrilled to announce that the first book in the series that I (Dr. Eli Sheff) am co-editing with Dr. Richard Sprott has come out! Those of you interested in a fascinating discussion of how relationships have been evolving and what could happen next simply must read Dr. Jorge Ferrer's new book Love and... Continue Reading →
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 →
Image: Color photo of three people who appear female, wearing backpacks and standing together outside on grassy hill with arms around each other. My colleague Dr. Justin Mogilski has collected a team of experts (including me, Dr. Eli) to study how people in polyamorous and other consensually nonmonogamous relationship mantain their multiple-partner relationships. So far... 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.
