Mixed Dynamic with Dr. Eli Sheff

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Do you care deeply for someone who wants a different kind of relationship than you do? It can be difficult to wish strongly for a relationship to work out but feel confused about how to find a common ground between differing relational desires. What do you do when one person wants exclusivity, and another wants an open relationship? Or everyone wants an open relationship, but different kinds of openness? If both want different things from exclusivity? This workshop helps you explore relationship options and consider strategies for collaborating with your partner on finding a middle ground. Please join Dr. Eli Sheff, researcher and relationship coach specializing in mixed dynamic relationships, at Friends With Benefits on January 11 from 3 to 4 pm to investigate ways to manage differing dynamics with others facing similar challenges.

​About the Presenter

​Elisabeth “Eli” Sheff, Ph.D., is the foremost academic expert on polyamorous families with children world-wide. Her first book, The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships and Families details the results of the first 15-years of her study of polyamorous families with children. Stories from the Polycule: Real Life in Polyamorous Families is Sheff's second book, and her third book is When Someone You Love is Polyamorous: Understanding Poly People and Relationships . An expert witness, relationship coach, Guardian Ad Litem, educational consultant, and speaker with a background in academic sociology, Dr. Sheff specializes in gender and sexual minority families, kink/BDSM, and consensual nonmonogamies. She is the CEO at Sheff Consulting.

ABOUT FWB

​fwb is a queer-femme founded community for curious friends to learn, explore, and play. We host a range of sex positive programming, including socials, workshops, and play parties.

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