Dr. Ava's personal brand is "Sexual Empowerment". She is a media therapist, author of 7 books, global speaker and founder of Lovelogy University. When TV shows want ratings, they call Dr. Ava, who has appeared on hundreds of shows including Good Morning America (1975), Extra (1994), The Montel Williams Show (1991), Geraldo (1987), Anderson Cooper 360° (2003), Scarborough Country (2003), The Doctors (2008), Fox News Live (2000) and a variety of programs for MTV, VH1, Discovery, Lifetime, TLC, "E" and A&E. Dr. Ava has earned a doctorate in human behavior from Newport University (CA) and a doctorate of education in human sexuality from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco. She is also a certified hypnotherapist, certified AASECT sex counselor, continuing education provider for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences and California Board of Nursing. Through her private practice in L.A., she counsels some of Hollywood's elite on personal issues that range from anger management, fear of intimacy, communication problems, performance anxiety, infidelity, love and sex addiction, lack of desire, power struggles to parental concerns. A highly sought after speaker, Dr. Ava has traveled to four continents motivating Fortune 500 business people, religious organizations, medical institutes, women's groups and college students to embrace the power of love and create magical relationships.

Filmography

• 2015Sex Academy Erotic Massage for Couples — Writer
• 2014Dr. Ava's Guide to Prostate Pleasure
• 2013Dr. Ava's How to Please a Woman — Director
• 2012Dr. Ava's Guide to Anal Sex for Women
• 2012Dr. Ava's Guide to Sensual BDSM for Couples
• 2011Dr. Ava's Guide to Oral Sex for Couples
• Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
• The Sex Files
• The X Show
• 1998L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach — Ava
• 1998The Dark Side of Hollywood
• 1993Amore! — Mrs. Scarborough
• 1993Fit to Kill — Ava
• 1992Hard Hunted — Ava
• 1992Lunch Box — Maggie Dancer
• 1991Do or Die — Ava
• 1991The Master Demon — Jan
• 1988Not of This Earth — Second Hooker
• Perfect Strangers
• 1985Commando — Girl in Bed at Motel
• 1984Jungle Warriors — Didi Belair
• 1984The Jerk, Too — French Maid
• 1983Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 — Blond
• Matt Houston
• 1981History of the World: Part I — Bit Part (uncredited)
• The Fall Guy
• 1979Outer Touch — Partha
• Spooner's Patch — Greta
• 1979The Golden Lady — Anita
• 1978The Hound of the Baskervilles — Marsha
• The Love Boat
• 1976The Ups and Downs of a Handyman — Schoolgirl
• 1974Confessions of a Sex Maniac — Ava
• 1974Confessions of a Window Cleaner — Showering Girl (uncredited)
• 1974Jolly Hocky Sticks
• 1974The Session — Miss Wallace

Appearances as themselves (1)

• A Girl's Guide to 21st Century Sex — Self