ABSTRACT
Douglas wants to know if this "therapy thing" really has been worth it. Yes, that is a relevant question. To identify which effects various efforts have had on Douglas's development is naturally not an easy matter. Apart from his parents, there have been many other people trying to help. However, in many ways, Douglas himself has shown that therapy has played an essential role in his life. By the time Douglas was seven years old, he had received a long series of diagnoses which had emotional, neuropsychiatric, somatic, and social causes. Because of his impulsivity his parents' worst fears were that he could be killed in an accident or turn into a grown-up who went about provoking violence. Because of his violent behavior he was forced to leave both his school and his soccer team. This had happened by the time he was eight years old.
