She also graduated Barnard College in 1981. She also works part time in Dr. Deborah Coady’s office. Nancy has always specialized in chronic illness but became a patient of Dr. Coady’s in 2006. Having similar professional styles and seeing a lack of good medical and psychological care for women with sexual pain, Nancy felt it was her mission to write this book. A significant portion of Nancy’s clients are women suffering from sexual pain. Nancy uses an eclectic approach combining family life cycle, psychodynamic, and cognitive-behavioral therapeutic interventions. One of Nancy's most important goals with patients is to instill hope since so many of her clients are so debilitated and live in a state of hopelessness and fear. Because Nancy is a pelvic pain patient as well as a trained psychotherapist, she has added credibility with her clients.