She has worked for eleven years with Survivors International, providing mental health services to refugees and victims of torture. Dr. Fallenbaum is an adjunct faculty member at The Wright Institute, Berkeley, and is a past board member of Section IX (Psychoanalysts for Social Responsibility) of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Fallenbaum is also a member of the Steering Committee of Psychologists for an Ethical APA and co-authored a referendum, passed in 2008, which bans APA member psychologists from working at U.S. detention facilities operating outside of or in violation of the U.S. Constitution or international law.