Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Grief and Addiction
Julie Bates-Maves · 2020
74/100
👍 Worth It
Bates-Maves fills a real gap in the clinical literature — the intersection of unresolved grief and addiction is underexplored, and the integration of multiple theoretical frameworks gives counselors actual tools, not just theory. The writing is dry, as expected from Routledge, but for the professional audience it targets, this is a genuinely useful resource.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety88
substance80
craft60
originality78
accuracy82
hype82
age-fit70
human-eye72
Penny’s verdict74
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