Relationship Consultation

Specializing in monogamous/CNM mixed-orientation relationships and families with children, Dr. Eli offers one-time or ongoing relationship coaching. These sessions are designed to answer clients’ questions, help identify roadblocks, and innovate strategies to navigate complicated relationship issues.

Dr. Sheff uses her research data to answer client’s questions and offer feedback about what others in similar situations have done. Sessions aim to provide information and help clients to clarify their own thoughts and expectations, and consider some of the pitfalls that are common in complicated relationships, how other people have dealt with these difficulties, and how those various strategies worked out.

Consultations last from 1 to 2 hours, depending on the client’s needs and the number of clients involved.

Relationship Coaching

These ongoing coaching sessions are designed to help clients identify relationship patterns, improve communication skills, and devise strategies for managing challenges.

Using extensive research and knowledge from 25 years of interviewing and observing polys and kinksters, Dr. Eli can help clients contemplate a wider perspective and consider a range of alternatives. While therapists support clients as they deal with the roots of personal issues, Dr. Sheff’s coaching style focuses on navigating the life you currently have, envisioning the one you want, and offering guidance and suggestions if you want that kind of advice.

Ultimately Dr. Eli does not care what kind of relationship you have, she just wants help you figure out what works best for you and strategies that can make it happen.

Initial Session

If Dr. Eli is speaking with one person, the telephone is best. When there are two or more clients involved, the initial session is ideally 1.5 or 2 hours and Skype or Gchat is better than telephone. It is important for everyone who is a primary client to join the first call so they all start at the same time. Some clients opt for indicividual sessions later, and many use a mix of group and individual sessions.

After the initial session many clients prefer to drop down to 1 hour sessions, though some choose to continue with longer sessions. — Dr. Eli bills in 15 minute increments, and occasionally clients end up with 15 minutes left over from a 2 hour session. Those minutes can roll over to another session if clients wish.

Rates
Individual Sessions

One 60-minute session $225
One 90-minute session $325

Package Options

Three 60-minute sessions $625
Five 60-minute sessions $1,000
Ten 60-minute sessions $1,750

Cancellation Policy

You are welcome to reschedule as needed, though Dr. Eli has a 24-hour cancellation policy: If you give less than 24 hours notice, you forfeit one hour of your deposit. While deposits are non-refundable, the coaching time is transferable to later within that same calendar year.

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While clients often discuss their emotions during these consultations and there is plenty of room for expressing feelings, these are not therapeutic sessions and Dr. Sheff is not a therapist. For clients who wish to seek ongoing therapy, Dr. Sheff is happy to provide clients with referrals for therapists.

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About

One of a handful of global experts on polyamory and the foremost international expert on children in polyamorous families, Dr. Elisabeth Sheff has studied sex and gender minority families for over 30 years.

Sheff’s television appearances include CNN, and the National Geographic, and she has given hundreds of radio, podcast, print, and television interviews with sources from Vouge and BuzzFeed to the New York Times and National Public Radio.