Over the course of her career, Dr. Sobel has worked extensively with individuals with chronic severe mental illness within various aspects of the criminal justice system. Her experience working for the Los Angeles County Conditional Release Program (CONREP) with Mentally Disordered Offender (PC 2962/72) and Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (PC 1026) patients dates back to 2012, as an extern during her doctoral program training. Dr. Sobel completed her Pre-Doctoral Internship at the Los Angeles County Department of Health, now an APA-accredited internship program.​ Upon graduation, Dr. Sobel returned to working at the Los Angeles County CONREP as a Forensic Evaluator, beginning what would ultimately become 5 years of ongoing forensic assessment and court testimony. Dr. Sobel was later promoted to Program Director of the Forensic Community Treatment Program (FCTP).  In this role, Dr. Sobel provided clinical supervision of post-doctoral psychologists, reviewed hundreds of court reports, supervised other clinical and paraprofessional staff, conducted ongoing risk assessment of mentally ill offenders, taught various psychotherapy and report writing techniques, and engaged in a variety of managerial and business-related tasks.​ ​ Dr. Sobel began her private practice in 2019, through which she has seen and helped hundreds of clients proceed through the adjudicative process. Dr. Sobel has since returned to full time employment working for Liberty Healthcare’s Early Access and Stabilization Services (EASS) program as a Forensic Psychologist where she provides clinical training and forensic evaluation for county programs that treat individuals found Incompetent to Stand Trial. However, she continues to accept select court and private appointments.