Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Overcoming Low Self-esteem
Melanie J. V. Fennell · 1999
82/100
👍 Worth It
This is the real deal — a CBT workbook from a pioneering Oxford clinical psychologist, built to function like an actual course of therapy on paper. It's part of the well-respected "Overcoming" series and shows up on NHS reading lists for good reason: the exercises are structured, clinically grounded, and genuinely actionable. You do need to actually do the exercises for it to work, but that's true of any workbook worth its salt.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness85
Craft & writing82
Originality65
Evidence & accuracy88
Hype vs delivers72
Age-fit78
Human-eye read80
Penny’s verdict82
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