While being a strong patient advocate, she has continually undergone advanced training to complement and expand her practice beyond the confines of traditional medicine. While working for many years in an ob/gyn office, she became acutely aware of the importance of sexual dysfunction as a major concern for many women and their partners, and recognized the discomfort most gynecologists had in dealing with these issues due in a large part to the limited amount of expertise garnered through their training programs. Sexual wellness was not a priority and therefore not emphasized as an important adjunct of gynecological education in most schools. something taught in most medical or nursing schools, she the limited amount of expertise returned to school to become certified in sexual counseling.