Ava Cadell

Cadell was born in Budapest, Hungary, during the Hungarian Revolution and was smuggled out of the country by strangers to Vienna, Austria, where she was left at an orphanage.[3] She never knew her mother. Her father claimed her a few years later and took her to England to live with his new bride. She helped raise 3 of her step siblings[4]

In the 1970s she appeared in several movies. In 1986, she appeared in Celebrity Sleuth, Playboy Magazine[5][6] in the Grapevine section and did a centerfold for Femme Fatales magazine.[7]

In the 1990s, Cadell appeared in several films, including four Mailbu Bay Films releases.[8][9][10]

While doing research for her first book, Hot Spots, Cadell discovered the field of sexology and the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco.[11] Cadell went on to obtain a Master's human behavior and counseling and a doctorate in philosophy from Newport University (California)[12][13][14] and later a doctorate of education in human sexuality from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco in 1997.[15][16] She then embarked upon teaching, writing and lecturing, based out of Los Angeles. Through her private practice, Cadell counsels individuals and couples on personal issues including infidelity, orgasm barriers, performance problems, sexual compulsion, parental concerns, power struggles,[17] anger management, fear of intimacy, lack of communication and lack of desire.[18]

She is a certified counselor listed at the American Association of Sexuality Educators Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)[19][20] She has also served as a continuing education provider for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences and the California Board of Nursing.[21] She has previously served as President of the American College of Sexologists International.[22][23] and currently sits on the organization’s advisory board.

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Cadell is the founder of Loveology University, an online university that provides certification for love coaches.[25]

Cadell wrote articles and adult instructional videos for Penthouse's Sex Academy[26][27] and Zero Tolerance Entertainment.[28][29] Cadell also starred in an episode of BuzzFeed Blue’s Life Change videos entitled “30 Days of Sex.”[30]

In 2009 and 2010, she was the cohost of the radio show “Sex Drive Radio” with actress Jackie Zeman.[31][32]

In 2018, Cadell produced the Sexycises by Sexperts line of exercise videos, which consists of yoga and acrobatics exercises for better sex.[33]

Cadell was married to attorney Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Peter L. Knecht for more than 20 years until his death in 2014.[34][35]

Cadell has a black belt in Shotokan karate.[36]

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