Comment by Megan on 16 Jun 2010 at 3:55 pm

Hi Karen:

I am a licensed marriage & family therapist and work for a health insurance company. We had our regular staffing of cases today and a patient with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) was discussed. I found the link to this website via Google and have shared it with my clinical team.

As we were discussing DID, I immediately thought of my experience of reading Dr. Baer’s book and your story while on vacation in 2007.

I think it is crucial for mental health professionals to attempt in as much as they are able to “fully understand” this diagnosis. Switching Time helped me better understand DID as a professional. I cannot think of a better resource than Dr. Baer’s book and your story of walking toward healing, one foot in front of the other, even when you struggled.

Thank you again for your contributions to the behavioral health field. I am hopeful that any pending revisions of the DID diagnosis in the soon-to-be DSM-V (as are rumored to be in the works) are not done hastily and proper consultation with professionals actively treating patients with DID is taken into consideration.

Hoping all is well in your “neck of the woods”.

Dear Megan,

You’re welcome! Thank you for sharing such a wonderful story! I am touched that Switching Time has made a difference in the lives of many who read it. And it is my and Dr. Baer’s hope that the illness will be represented with greater knowledge and respect in the new upcoming DSM-V.

Thank you for thinking of me and remembering my story and Dr. Baer’s work during your staff meeting. Dr. Baer worked very hard to treat me and kept very detailed files on my case.

All is well in my neck of the woods! Hope all is well in yours….

Karen