Dr. Gwen Hecht retired from private practice in 2020 as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences after 40+ years of helping those in need. She practiced within the scope of a Marriage and Family Therapist with specializations in trauma, grief, and loss counseling, hypnosis, spiritual counseling, and human sexuality.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Dr. Gwen Hecht also worked as an Executive Director for nonprofits, a psychiatric Social Worker, a Chaplain, and a mental health Therapist for a foster care agency. She also did work for three hospices, a locked facility for the chronically mentally ill, a domestic violence shelter, and a couple of community counseling centers.

​​​​​​​Today, Dr. Gwen Hecht continues her work as a philanthropist both in the U.S. and to far reaching corners of the world like that of Tharparkar, Pakistan. She has been recognized for her contributions as an inspirational leader, role-model, advocate for young girls and education, and mentor helping women in the workplace rise in leadership.