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These are comments from people who have read - The Set Up - the first section of the five questions on line:

Fascinating stuff. It's wonderful the way you use that same manipulative style to make the points - scary too to feel it work inside your own mind. Your writing is so refreshingly - intelligent, I can't think of a better word! - and illuminating - I find the text so dense with insights actually that it's really hard for me to comment on it - I want to dive right inside and concentrate for a long time - and that's something I don't get to do often at the moment (I have children!). I love that 'what if' approach. And the whole trains of thought thing. Etc! How do I get hold of a copy of the book?
Sarah Luczaj Counselling Resource

It is friendly, funny, and has enough hint of darkness to keep me needing to know what you are getting to. The anecdote about the brass monkey is very inviting, it sounds so authentic but then it turns out it is not... makes the point perfectly. It is great how you keep referencing your logically-thinking sane self. It makes what you are foreshadowing even more ominous. The words you use are potent words. I love the term “mind terrorist”. Powerful. I love the monkey line. It's a pleasurable read. I know I have only read the preview but I want to read more. I love it!
Nate

It's powerful, with a lot of "food for thought". I loved the metaphor of the rain cycle and how we have to wait for stuff to come back around the cycle. I know it's a novel but I think it should be in the self-help section, the information you give is more profound than a lot of what's out there. I think most people would be pretty amazed and shazaamed in the head with some of your insights! Very interesting, very soulful and enriching! Can't wait to read more!
Patrice Kamins

I like it very much because it gives a back story to exactly how people manage to be placed in an abusive situation without even knowing it and the extreme subtlety and manipulation that we are all capable (and have) fallen victim to! Thank goodness we can say it's in our past and that we have learned our lessons about it! You definitely have so much to impart to the reader about the underlying dynamics of such twisted and sordid experiences. I think the book is excellent so far!
Suzen Monika

I just read the parts of the book you posted in your blog. Now I can't wait to read the story...
David

I love the way that, although the message may be specific to the therapist in question, it can apply a lot to other things in life like relationships, careers, decision making in general, which opens it to a broader market.

I think you have a really great story telling technique. The way you introduce the monkey, explaining that you will tell more later, this intrigued me and made me want to read on to learn more about this. I am intrigued to know what the five questions are. Knowing that you were seeking the questions yourself, makes it feel like a journey of discovery. I felt welcomed into hearing about what is a personal story by the way you explain how you came to write the book, and the style in which it is written. It feels personal, yet it feels like I will learn something from being let in. I've always felt that it's a positive step to allow others to learn through our negative experiences. It helps us feel it happened for a reason, either to help other people going through it, or to warn people of ever going through it.

I can identify with the author, reading it reminds me of the first agent I went to when I was a young actress. I went to a house which I thought really dodgy anyway. He interviewed me then called me that night to tell me he wanted to take me on. I talked to him about the band I was in at the time too, I must have been all of 21 I think. He basically ripped me to shreds when he started saying, did I want to be a serious actress or waste my time with some stupid band. He really laid into me on the phone. I was in tears, but I felt that because he was the agent and had accepted me, I had to sign up to him or lose out on the opportunity. To cut a long story short, I reported him to Spotlight and never signed up, as my gut feeling told me that is NOT the way it should be. He had been reported by a lot of people apparently and was a crook. I felt thankful I got out of there safely. Your story will vindicate all the innocent people who are taken advantage of because they have a good intention and the willingness to learn.
Maxine Barker