Book Jacket Testimonials



Speaker and Author, "Electroboy" ANDY BEHRMAN, DR. RICHARD RODGERS, PHD in Private Practice, DR. PAUL FRIDAY, Author, "Fridays Laws," Michael McCartan, CEO-CMH,

PAUL J FRIDAY, Ph.D. - Chief Clinical Psychology

"This is a well detailed account of the painful journey on which analysis takes the most functional and yet disturbed in our society. I found Ms. Sabotka's stringing-description of her relationship with her brother and the long, painful closure that a parent's influential life (and death) can launch, to be cables of "Life Is Like A Line." Anyone considering traveling the road of psychoanalysis will benefit from hitching a ride with Cynthia Sabotka."

Dr. Paul J. Friday
Chief, Clinical Psychology
UPMC-Shadyside

Visit Paul J. Friday at his website: www.FridaysLaws.com. You will find his book available for purchase, Friday's Laws, How to Become Normal When You're Not and How to Stay Normal When You Are. Take his Balanced Brain Test. See just how normal you really are!!

Click here to visit Dr. Friday's site

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Andy Behrman, Mental Health Writer and Public Speaker

"Cynthia Sabotka captures the intensity and desperation of this brutal illness with emotional power, and her journey reminded me of my own struggle. While the descent into bipolar disorder is a harrowing one, it's crucial for people to read and understand this illness, which is so stigmatized."

Speaker and Author of "Electroboy"
Electroboy, A Memoir of Mania is Andy Behrman's chronicle of his battle with manic depression bipolar disorder -- the euphoric highs and desperate lows.

Today Andy is a mental health writer and speaker who has traveled to more than 50 cities across the U. S. and Canada speaking to over 200 mental health organizations about mental illness. His next book is a self-help book for suffers of depression and bipolar disorder.

Visit Andy at www.electroboy.com. His book Electroboy, A Memoir of Mania is available for purchase at his site, as well as, information on bipolar disorder, myths, misconception and treatment.

Click here to visit Andy "Electroboy."

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Michael McCartan, Executive Director, St. Clair County (MI) Community Mental Health Authority

"I have read Cynthia's book. I thought it was an outstanding combination of insight and information. It was the most vivid description of living with a bi-polar illness I have ever read or heard. For someone who is trying to have a sense of what the illness is like, I can imagine no better resource. The “story” in the book is an exceptional journey. It provides, for the lay reader, a riveting account of a life filled with pain and joy. In the meantime the reader receives important information about a pervasive illness and its implications for the world of the person with bi-polar illness. I would strongly recommend the book."


St. Clair County (MI) Community Mental Health provides services and support to adults with mental illnesses, children with severe emotional impairment, individuals with developmental disabilities, and persons with co-occurring substance use disorders. Click here to visit St. Clair County (MI) Community Mental Health

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Dr. Richard W. Rodgers,
Diplomate in Clinical Psychology
American Board of Professional Psychologists
Currently in Private Practice in St. Paul, Minnesota

"Cindy Sabotka's story deeply affected me. Her frank & bold style combined with her account of her parent's dysfunctional interactions, set the stage for her gradual realization that all was not right with herself. We are taken on a journey that turns into a nightmare. One gets the feeling of what it is like to gradually realize you have less and less control of yourself, your life and your sanity. A journey you won't forget."


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