Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Living With Anxiety
Bob Montgomery · 2001
70/100
👍 Worth It
Montgomery and Morris offer one of the more comprehensive anxiety self-help programs in this genre — the step-by-step behavioral plan covers everything from general anxiety to OCD and agoraphobia, and the authors are credentialed clinical psychologists published by a major press. The strong anti-medication stance is clearly argued and evidence-supported, though readers whose doctors recommend medication should treat it as one perspective, not a verdict. The 2001 publication date is a genuine limitation given how much the field has evolved.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness72
Craft & writing68
Originality65
Evidence & accuracy68
Hype vs delivers75
Age-fit78
👁 Human-eye gut-check70
Penny’s verdict70
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