Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

by Tao Lin

In Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy a 23-year-old person attempts to explain to himself the possible origins, ends, and cures of anger, worry, despair, obsession, and confusion, while concurrently experiencing those things in various contexts including a romantic relationship, a book of poetry, and the arbitrary nature of the universe.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933633484
• ISBN13: 9781933633480
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 101 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

i felt the things that matter

i think a lot about this book and tao lin's other books the first time i read this i was so excited i read it all in one sitting it is hard for me normally to read more than three poems in one sitting i normally stand up and do something else there are a lot of poems that have multiple parts to it like in the books BAD BAD by chelsey minnis or ANGLE OF YAW by ben lerner but different because of the hampsters and sadness and other things the poem 'are you okay?' made me so sad that i had to stop reading and lie down on the couch and think for a minute my friend asked me if this book is funny like his other book of poety and i said 'no, no it is never funny. i didn't laugh once while reading it' and i did not realize that was true until i said it even though i lied a little some parts are actually very funny, but not funny in a way that makes me laugh out loud, but just makes me smile and feel 'consoled' i just opened the book and looked at 'ugly fish poem, part one' and read this sentence: "and i have swum fast; any speed that exists i have swum at that speed" that makes me laugh i don't know why this book made me sad a lot and i don't think i will look at it as much as 'you are a little bit happier than i am' but that is okay, because that book made me excited about life and stuff in ways that few things ever have, i don't know

This book makes me feel happy.

I felt sad and lonely before I read this book. After I read the last page, I felt happy. This book effectively helps me overcome feelings of sadness, despair, loneliness, alienation, and boredom. I think this book will be helpful to many people. Good job, Tao.

depressed? read this book.

prior to reading this book, i suffered from depression and anxiety attacks this book really helped me overcome my self worth issues and become a haiku writing functional member of society feeling worthless the answer is in a book tao lin, a master