Category Archives: Psychology Today

Jealousy Blog on Psychology Today

In my most current blog on Psychology Today, I begin a two  part series on jealousy. Part 1, Confronting Jealousy, looks at different conceptions of jealousy. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201602/confronting-jealousy    

When your partner wants non-monogamy and you DONT

  My most recent blog on Psychology Today tackles the challenges people often experience when they find themselves in a mixed orientation relationship in which one person wants monogamy and the other wants polyamory.   https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201601/when-your-partner-wants-non-monogamy-and-you-don-t

Who Counts as a Parent in a Polyamorous Family?

In my new blog on Psychology Today I examine who children in poly families see as parents, how they decide, and what the kids call their parental figures.   https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201601/who-counts-mom-and-dad?#_=_

Resilience in Polyamorous Families

  Family resilience is important for ongoing connections, and in the third blog in a series on resilience in polyamorous families I explore how polys maintain resilience through graceful endings and extended connections among adults, and how those skills could be useful for divorced people in monogamous relationships. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201512/graceful-endings-and-expanded-connections-resilience-part-3

New Psychology Today Blog on Polyamorous Family Resilience

My newest blog on Psychology Today looks at resilience among poly family members and explains how polyaffectivity helps poly families stay in contact over long periods of time. You can find it at https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201511/resilient-family-outcomes-through-polyaffectivity

Two New Blog Posts on Psychology Today

I have posted two new entries on my Psychology Today blog, Fear of Damage to Kids in Poly Families and Resilience in Polyamorous Families

Responding to Polyphobia and Rude Comments

https://elisabethsheff.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/angry-white-man-yelling-outside.jpg?w=300 On November 7, 2014, John D. posted a comment in response to one of my Psychology Today blogs, “Does Polyamory Work?.” In his comment, John D. assumes that polyamory is obviously pathological and an excuse for inhumane and slavish behavior. This response, just one of the many, many like it that I have receivedContinueContinue reading “Responding to Polyphobia and Rude Comments”

Range of Non-Monogamies blogpost on Psychology Today

Check out my newest blogpost on Psychology Today, Seven Forms of Non-Monogamy, at http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201407/seven-forms-non-monogamy