Consenting Adults: Reimagining Commitment for People and Relationships That Defy Convention
Beth Gadomski, PsyD
Feb 2027 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Nicole Cash
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A practical, real-life field guide to building better, fulfilling, and true-to-you relationships beyond monogamy, compulsory heterosexuality, and vanilla sex
Unlike conventional relationship self-help that measures “success” by longevity and outdated assumptions, this book helps us embody radical honesty with ourselves (and our partners) to build the kinds of relationships that feel authentic to us.
Drawing on her expertise as a licensed clinical psychologist—and her own experiences of divorce, relationships, and identity evolution—Dr. Beth Gadomski invites readers to develop relational integrity: the internal compass that reminds us to act from our authentic values as we build the relationships we want.
Partnerships built on relational integrity acknowledge a fundamental truth: each of us is evolving, all the time. And for our relationships to be fulfilling, sustainable, and aligned with our truest selves, they need to evolve with us. Dr. Gadomski shares practical tools for:
Through interwoven narratives, Gadomski shows us the real-life consequences of disrupted relational integrity; explores the process of “identity molting”; and teaches us how to cultivate resilient, conscious connections. This book is particularly useful to readers in unconventional relationships: poly, platonic, CNM, kinky, child-free, long distance, or fluid-identity partnerships, as well as any conscious couple guided by intentional, values-aligned choices in their relationships.
Unlike conventional relationship self-help that measures “success” by longevity and outdated assumptions, this book helps us embody radical honesty with ourselves (and our partners) to build the kinds of relationships that feel authentic to us.
Drawing on her expertise as a licensed clinical psychologist—and her own experiences of divorce, relationships, and identity evolution—Dr. Beth Gadomski invites readers to develop relational integrity: the internal compass that reminds us to act from our authentic values as we build the relationships we want.
Partnerships built on relational integrity acknowledge a fundamental truth: each of us is evolving, all the time. And for our relationships to be fulfilling, sustainable, and aligned with our truest selves, they need to evolve with us. Dr. Gadomski shares practical tools for:
- Understanding how our "attachment style” may not be the actual issue
- Recognizing unhealthy relational patterns
- Navigating jealousy, insecurity, and other tension points
- Building capacity and aligning toward relational integrity
- Honoring the fluidity of our identities and desires
- Ending (and adapting) relationships with honesty and mutual respect
- Doing repair right
- Navigating non-monogamy and other relationship models outside the mainstream
Through interwoven narratives, Gadomski shows us the real-life consequences of disrupted relational integrity; explores the process of “identity molting”; and teaches us how to cultivate resilient, conscious connections. This book is particularly useful to readers in unconventional relationships: poly, platonic, CNM, kinky, child-free, long distance, or fluid-identity partnerships, as well as any conscious couple guided by intentional, values-aligned choices in their relationships.
A practical, real-life field guide to building better, fulfilling, and true-to-you relationships beyond monogamy, compulsory heterosexuality, and vanilla sex
Unlike conventional relationship self-help that measures “success” by longevity and outdated assumptions, this book helps us embody radic...
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About the author
Beth Gadomski, PsyD, is a licensed, sex-positive psychologist with more than twenty years of counseling experience, including positions at the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University. In her California-based remote practice, she works with individuals, couples, and polycules, specializing in high-functioning, unconventional, and thought-expansive clients.
As a pansexual ciswoman with lifelong ties to subcultural and subversive communities, Beth is honored to support queer, trans, nonbinary, polyamorous, kinky, and childfree-by-choice clients in cultivating vibrant lives and thriving relationships. She brings an integrative therapeutic background spanning Psychodynamic, Feminist, Somatic, IFS, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and the Gottman Method, with a particular specialization in relationship structures unconstrained by heteronormative and mononormative conventions.
A sought-after speaker, she presented at the 2025 AASECT Conference to a standing-room-only audience on cultivating integrity in unconventional relationships.
As a pansexual ciswoman with lifelong ties to subcultural and subversive communities, Beth is honored to support queer, trans, nonbinary, polyamorous, kinky, and childfree-by-choice clients in cultivating vibrant lives and thriving relationships. She brings an integrative therapeutic background spanning Psychodynamic, Feminist, Somatic, IFS, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and the Gottman Method, with a particular specialization in relationship structures unconstrained by heteronormative and mononormative conventions.
A sought-after speaker, she presented at the 2025 AASECT Conference to a standing-room-only audience on cultivating integrity in unconventional relationships.
Beth Gadomski, PsyD, is a licensed, sex-positive psychologist with more than twenty years of counseling experience, including positions at the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University. In her California-based remote practice, she works with individuals, couples, and polycules, ...
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