An expert in gender violence, she coined the term ‘Battered Woman Syndrome” used in the courts and in trauma treatment models based on her NIMH-funded research. Retired from Nova Southeastern University’s College of Psychology she is now an Emerita and continues her research there. She gives speeches and workshops all over the country and world on various topics in gender violence such as domestic violence, sex trafficking, child abuse, child sexual abuse, rape, sexual exploitation and harassment. As an author of numerous books and professional articles, she is now concentrating on writing fiction.