Chapter 12 through Chapter 17 Summary and Analysis

In Chapter 12, Catherine finds herself defending holding therapy to everyone, while inside fostering guilt that the therapy is not genuine. She is increasingly hostile toward Bridget, even though behavioral therapy appears to be working. Dr. Welch, on the other hand, has become her guiding light, and she believes more in more in her therapy, even as the roots of the "mother-bonding" cause of autism begin to bother her. Dr. Welch encourages her to yell her anger at her child, and Catherine refuses respectfully. Marc stops going to therapy with her at Dr. Welch's. One day, she decides to fire Bridget, but relents when Marc tells her he believes they should continue therapy.

In Chapter 13, Catherine explains that the whole family is becoming involved in the therapy, as they all learn to speak to Anne Marie the way...