Expertise in: BDSM / Kink, Open / Polyamory / LGBTQ+ and Alternative Relationship
Primary Services
Expert Witness
Dr. Eli Sheff provides expert witnessing for court cases related to BDSM / Kink, Open / Polyamory / LGBTQ+ and Alternative Relationships, and child custody. She has testified in family, civil, criminal and military courts.
Continuing Education
Continuing Education for Medical Professionals, Mental Health Providers and Educators around the topics of BDSM / Kink, Open / Polyamory / LGBTQ+ and Alternative Relationship so that they can expand their knowledge bases and really help to support communities who often need it most.
Clinical Consultations
Dr. Eli Sheff provides expert support to Medical and Mental Health Professionals so that they can support their clients around BDSM / Kink, Open / Polyamory / LGBTQ+ and Alternative Relationship with informed and compassionate care.
Dr. Elisabeth “Eli” Sheff
Dr. Elisabeth Sheff is one of a handful of global academic experts on polyamory, and the foremost academic expert on children in polyamorous families. Specializing in diversity and underserved populations.
Dr. Eli’s Blog featured on PsychologyToday.com
Prevalence of BDSM: What the Research Says
Initially popularized in the United States by artists like Robert Mapelthorpe and Patti Smith, BDSM imagery gained even more public attention with mainstream books and…
Distinguishing Between BDSM and Intimate Partner Violence: New Blog on Psychology Today
My newest blog on Psychology Today explores the differences between BDSM/kinky sex and Intimate Parnter Violence. While they might look the same on the surface,…
Polyamorous Families with Children Continuing Education Workshop THIS FRIDAY
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…
Additional Professional Service
Relationship Coaching
Ongoing coaching sessions to help Polyamorous, BDSM and Gender Minorities identify relationship patterns, clarify boundaries and improve communication skills for managing their unconventional relationships.
Community Edutainment
Great nights where the local folx can learn about themselves, laugh, and learn some things they just might want to try out later.
Media
Consulting
Dr. Eli Sheff is one of the leading experts on consensual non-monogamy in the United States and the foremost expert on polyamorous families with children worldwide, sharing her expertise with prestigious publications like CNN, New York Times and NPR.
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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.