Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Feeling Good
David D. Burns · 2017
🎙 Narrated by George Newbern
84/100
👍 Worth It
This is the real deal — the CBT classic that therapists still hand patients today, full of tools you can put to work the same day you hear them. It leans workbook-heavy, which suits print better than audio, but George Newbern's clear, steady narration keeps it easy to follow without a pen in hand. Worth it if you'll actually do the exercises, not just listen along.
✦ 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.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Contains clinical discussion of depression and suicidal ideation as part of treatment content — worth a heads-up for sensitive listeners. We still scored it 84; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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🎙 Narration: fine Newbern's measured, instructional delivery fits a workbook-style text, but the worksheet-and-exercise format naturally works better in print than audio-only.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness90
Craft & writing75
Originality85
Evidence & accuracy90
Hype vs delivers78
Age-fit85
Human-eye read82
Penny’s verdict84
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