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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take

Family Addictus

Joe Van Wie Β· 2025
70/100
πŸ‘ Worth It

Van Wie brings something valuable here: real clinical experience running an active treatment center, combined with a readable synthesis of neuroscience and attachment theory that does not talk down to families in crisis. The Twelve CORES framework is a practical anchor, and the memoir elements humanize material that can feel clinical and distant. The catch is that this is a brand-new book with no independent critical track record yet, so full confidence will have to wait.

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safety88
substance74
craft68
originality70
accuracy68
hype75
age-fit88
human-eye68
Penny’s verdict70
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