Switching Time

Richard Baer was a young psychiatrist when Karen made her first appointment with him in 1989. She was hopeless and suicidal. Together, they uncovered the sexual abuse that was the cause of her depression and the seventeen alternate personalities she created to survive. He shares her story inSwitching Time,the first complete account of multiple personality disorder to be told by the treating physician. This reader's guide is meant as a starting point for your discussion of this riveting saga of a young woman pitched into unimaginable darkness and the long road patient and doctor traveled together to find healing.Baer, Richard K. is the author of 'Switching Time ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780307382665 and ISBN 0307382664.