About this event
Dr. Sheff is one of a handful of global researchers and authors on polyamory, and the foremost academic expert on children in polyamorous families. She is the author of The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships and Families which details her findings from the first 15 years of the longitudinal Polyamorous Families Study. She is also the author of Stories from the Polycule and When Someone You Love is Polyamorous. She’s has also contributed numerous posts to the KPACT blog.
The workshop with run from 9 AM to 4 PM, with a break for lunch.
Morning Session ~ Issues for Clients and Therapists: Counseling Consensually Non-Monogamous Clients
What are the most common versions of consensual non-monogamy (CNM) and how they can align with different relationships and personalities? What types of non-monogamy are less likely to work? What are the issues that clients in CNM relationships often face? Finally, this presentation identifies issues that might arise for therapists who serve CNM clients. There will be time for reflection on personal and professional experiences that may influence attitudes towards CNM, followed by small group discussion. To close the session, Dr. Sheff will share ways to address therapeutic issues, and open up to large group discussion and questions.
Afternoon Session ~ Distinguishing Between Intimate Partner Violence and Kinky Sex/BDSM
This presentation introduces and explains kink/BDSM, intimate partner violence (IPV) and the important differences between the two and risk factors for IPV. It also explains what kinky relationships and interactions might be like and explores consent.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
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