{"id":1165,"date":"2009-07-20T18:52:20","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T23:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2009-07-20T18:52:20","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T23:52:20","slug":"karen-answers-michelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"Karen answers Michelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span>Comment by Michelle\u00a0on 14 Jul 2009 at 9:52 am<\/span><\/em><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Karen,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>So sad your story. So encouraging to know how you survived. I am a student and interested in a psychology major. It\u2019s my first year. I thought I would read your book before school starts next month. The book re-enforced my interest in the mind. Will you thank Dr. Baer for his contribution to the medical studies of future therapists like me? I only hope to have the courage he had to treat someone like you. I loved the book, love you and love Richard Baer. Great job! Thanks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Michelle<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Dear Michelle,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Thank you for sharing your thoughts! \u00a0I&#8217;m glad that you wrote to share your interest in psychology and becoming a therapist. \u00a0The world needs good therapists. \u00a0It&#8217;s my hope\u00a0that all colleges who are in the process of teaching new therapists\u00a0become aware of my story, read it, and share it.\u00a0 There have been more than a few professors and teachers who have written sharing their thoughts on the illness from which I suffered and survived. \u00a0Most who have read my story say their\u00a0opinions\u00a0have changed for the better. \u00a0Maybe once your classes start you can share with your professors what you&#8217;ve shared here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>I will make sure Dr. Baer receives your compliments! \u00a0Thank you! \u00a0I&#8217;m sure\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Baer\u00a0will be thrilled to hear the optimism you shared regarding his contribution to future medical studies and future therapists. \u00a0I believe you are already on your way to becoming a caring therapist, just by what you have shared with me here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Thank you!\u00a0 I wish you all my best as you continue your studies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Karen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment by Michelle\u00a0on 14 Jul 2009 at 9:52 am Karen, So sad your story. So encouraging to know how you survived. I am a student and interested in a psychology major. It\u2019s my first year. I thought I would read your book before school starts next month. The book re-enforced my interest in the mind. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-karens-answers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1166,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions\/1166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}