"LIKE HIS PREVIOUS THREE BOOKS, COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IS A MESMERIZING WONDER. DEVASTATING AND HILARIOUS, IT'S A WILD LOOK AT THE WORLD THROUGH LIN'S SINGULAR PSYCHE [...] WITH HIS TALENT, WORDINESS AND EMO TENDENCIES, LIN RESEMBLES A LITERARY CONOR OBERST CIRCA 1999—PRODIGAL, UNPREDICTABLE AND A LITTLE ANNOYING, BUT ALWAYS ON THE VERGE OF ARTICULATING SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR, IN A VOICE THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. " - PASTE

"MIGHT BE BETTER THAN ANY $200 PER HOUR SESSION." - CARNEGIE LIBRARY

"TAO LIN DOES STRANGE THINGS." - COLDFRONT

"I DON'T THINK ANY POET HAS EVER WRITTEN SO POIGNANTLY AND UN-SELF CONSCIOUSLY ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL UTILITY OF HIS BLOG." - CONSTANT CRITIC

"WORTH SEVERAL READINGS." - THE BROOKLYN RAIL

"[IT MENTIONS THE BOOK, I DON'T HAVE THE MAGAZINE BY ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW IT MENTIONS THE BOOK AND SHOWS THE BOOK'S COVER]" - FLAUNT

"THE TONE SUGGESTS, TO ME, A FRAME OF MIND THAT IS CALM BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FEEL IT NEEDS TO EXPLAIN ITSELF" - STEVE ROGGENBUCK

"MASTER OF MYTHOLOGY AND CREATING UNIVERSAL LINES." - NOAH CICERO

"YOU CAN RIP NEARLY ANY SINGLE PAGE OUT OF THE BOOK [...] SCHOLARS AND WRITERS FIGHT..." - GENE MORGAN

"IF YOU'VE EVER EXPERIENCED CLINICAL DEPRESSION...LIN IS YOUR SHAKESPEARE. [HIS POEMS] SPEAK TO SEVERAL CONDITIONS OF THE SPIRIT TYPICALLY CONSIDERED SHAMEFUL OR GAUCHE BY POLITE SOCIETY AND THEREFORE TOO LITTLE WRITTEN OR SPOKEN OF [...] THERE IS MUCH WISDOM IN LIN'S WORK." - SETH ABRAMSON, HUFFINGTON POST