Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Addiction Counseling Review
Robert Holman Coombs · 2004
72/100
👍 Worth It
For its intended audience — students preparing for addiction counseling certification exams — this Routledge text does exactly what it promises: comprehensive coverage organized into logical sections, built-in review questions per chapter, and glossaries that make review efficient. The Routledge imprint adds meaningful editorial credibility. Some content may show its age relative to current DSM standards, and it's purely utilitarian reading, but as a professional study tool it's a solid, well-structured resource.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety88
substance75
craft68
originality58
accuracy72
hype80
age-fit88
human-eye70
Penny’s verdict72
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