Comment by Alexandria on 27 Aug 2009 at 12:02 am

Karen,

After reading Switching Time twice, the idea of working in the psychology field is so great, and I’m looking forward to college. I can thank you and Dr. Baer for that, because you both are amazing people. I can only imagine how much it took to successfully integrate everyone. You’re such an inspiration to a teenager who has suffered from depression. I wish you and Dr. Baer the best of luck in life.

Alex

Dear Alexandria,

Thank you from me and Dr. Baer!  We truly appreciate hearing that you are looking forward to a college career working in the field of psychology and that Switching Time inspired you. Though working to heal me was an enormous job for Dr. Baer, I believe he was given a once in a lifetime chance to make a difference to one person.  Saving someone like me was a definite challenge, but I believe he’d say we both learned a lot from treating me.

I’m surely grateful for all that Dr. Baer’s done for me.  I can now live and breathe in a way that I never thought possible.  In order to successfully integrate each of my alters, we had to build from the ground up.  I felt torn down before gaining strength.  One at a time, each of my alters developed a relationship with Dr. Baer.  Building trust was most important before revealing ones past.  Dr. Baer and I worked well together because we both were loyal and respected each other.  Most interesting is that integration only came after my alters learned to trust Dr. Baer, too!

I was very fortunate to land in the hands of Dr. Baer.  Finding the right therapist is very important.  I’m glad to hear that more students are going into the field of psychology with determination to help people like me to live.

Thank you for all you kind thoughts and best wishes.

Karen