She is also an AASECT certified sex therapist and a licensed MFT in private practice in San Francisco who works from an existential-humansitic perspective with adults and couples. Dr. Zapien recently developed and launched the sex therapy and sex educator certificate training programs at CIIS. Her research interests are varied but primarily focus on infidelity, sexual consent, and how these are impacted by decision-making and judgment. She is currently writing a book for clinicians on phenomenological understandings of infidelity and new treatment directions. She lives in Berkeley with her husband and children.