Yes!

I have walked the walk, have an MSW (but am a stay at home mom) and I have seen my child development background get air breathed into it by watching my own children develop. I know more is possible than a lot of practitioners realize. Coming to these types of boards for the last few years I have also seen so many people change.

When I was in school in the mid 90's I just could not get a good answer to why people self injure. A few years ago I got my answers by just listening to those who do it. I was at a conference last year and mentioned what I had learned. The woman looked at me like I just got off a space ship. I know that some professionals know why. I have since read exactly what I have learned. I guess what I am saying is that psychological treatment is really in its infancy and is really only really starting to take off (though there are many programs out there that are top notch). The most important thing that I have learned is that you must take your treatment into your own hands (the therapist is not going to cure you. You must use all of these resources to cure yourself)......