Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
No More Anxiety!
Gladeana McMahon · 2019
75/100
👍 Worth It
McMahon brings real clinical weight to this accessible CBT self-help book — 34 years of practice and a Routledge publication are meaningful signals of quality. The approach is grounded in evidence, the writing is accessible, and the self-coaching framing gives readers a sense of agency rather than passivity. It's on the shorter side and some CBT developments post-2005 aren't reflected, but for readers who want a credible, practical starting point for anxiety management, this delivers.
✦ 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
Faith & family safety92
Substance / usefulness74
Craft & writing72
Originality65
Evidence & accuracy78
Hype vs delivers78
Age-fit80
👁 Human-eye gut-check74
Penny’s verdict75
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