Universities & Organizations

Dr. Sheff speaks about Sex and Gender Diversity to university groups and organizations around the world. Informative, entertaining, and accessible, Dr. Eli is a gifted speaker available to address your group or organization. Clients can select from lists of talks on families, gender, diversity, or have Dr. Eli tailor a talk for their specific needs using any of the topics below:

• Long-term impacts of Consensual Non-Monogamy on Children
• Distinguishing between BDSM/Kink & Intimate Partner Violence
• Race, Class, & Education in Gender and Sex Minorities
• Types of Consensual Non-Monogamy & When they Work (or Not)
• Legal Issues Facing Sex & Gender Minorities
• Untangling the LGBTQIAKOP+ Acronym
• Postmodern Families: Chosen Kinship, Polyaffectivity & Resilience
• Sex & Gender Variation in an Internet Era
• Therapeutic Issues Facing Consensually Non-Monogamous Clients
• Overlap Between Kink & Poly Communities & Practices
• Using White Privilege as an Anti-Racist Tool

Continuing Education

Certified as a Sexuality Educator by the American Association of Sexuality Counselors, Educators, and Therapists (AASECT), Dr. Sheff can provide certified continuing education for AASECT and partner with other professionals to provide a wide range of certified continuing education. Dr. Sheff’s courses use cutting edge data on Gender and Sex Minorities to educate professionals in therapeutic and legal fields.

Dr. Sheff’s most popular continuing education classes include:

• Therapeutic Issues Facing Consensually Non-Monogamous Clients
• Distinguishing Between Intimate Partner Violence & BDSM in the ER or Therapy Office
• Types of Consensual Non-Monogamy: When they work, when they don’t
• Legal Issues Facing Gender & Sex Minorities
• Resilience in Polyamorous Families
• Chosen Kinship, Polyaffectivity & Resilience

Community Groups & Conventions

From Dragoncon to Frolicon, Atlanta Poly Weekend, Sex Down South, and the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit, Dr. Eli has spoken at a huge range of conventions, MeetUps, bookstores, and community spaces. Dr. Eli’s most popular talks are listed below, and she is happy to design a new talk for your group or con.

• Long-term impacts of CNM Families on Children
• Seven Steps to Positive Polyamorous Parenting
• Aging in Polyamorous Families
• Legal Issues in CNM Relationships
• Non-Monogamy Mismatch: When One Wants CNM & Another Doesn’t
• Jealousy, Fear, & Anxiety, oh my! Managing emotions in CNM Relationships
• Pleasures & Dangers of Unicorn Hunting
• Unruly Women & Ethical Sluts: Gender in CNM
• Untangling the LGBTQIAKOP+ Acronym
• Sex & Gender Gray Areas
• Poly & Kinky Overlap
• Predators in our Midst: AltSex Community Responses to Abuse
• Why so White? Race & Class in AltSex Communities
• Using White Privilege Against Itself: White Allies to POC in AltSex Spaces

Work Shops

Dr. Eli offers workshops for smaller, more interactive groups who want time to ask questions and discuss specific issues. These sessions are designed to provide information based in years of research and allow attendees to learn more about how it relate to their specific situations. The most popular workshops are listed below, and Dr. Eli is happy to design your group a workshop that meets your groups’ needs.

• Non-Monogamy Mismatch: When One Wants CNM & Another Doesn’t
• Seven Steps to Positive Polyamorous Parenting
• Interpersonal Boundaries & Negotiation in CNM Relationships
• Managing Legal Issues in CNM Relationships
• Jealousy, Fear, & Anxiety, Oh My! Managing emotions in CNM Relationships
• Pleasures & Dangers of Unicorn Hunting