Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Ten Days to Self-Esteem
David D. Burns, M.D. · 2012
82/100
👍 Worth It
This is a well-established CBT workbook backed by real clinical data and decades of use in group therapy settings — not just another feel-good self-help title. The ten-step structure makes abstract cognitive concepts immediately actionable, and the evidence base behind Burns's approach is solid. The secular framing and its limits for severe depression are worth knowing going in, but for mild-to-moderate low mood this is a genuinely useful tool.
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safety90
substance88
craft80
originality72
accuracy85
hype78
age-fit85
human-eye82
Penny’s verdict82
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