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If you doubt this method works, check out further evidence in books such as 'rewire the brain' by John B Arden. Its all out there proving that changing behaviour by using diversion etc will instigate neuroplasticity to rewire the brain to produce non anxious behaviour and feelings. It worked for me, and will for anyone if they believe it and follow the method. In fact it cannot fail. Believe this with all your heart. Let your brain heal itself, and get out of the way!
Just a note to anyone thinking of buying this product - It does work! I am 95% there now and the only reason am not 100% is because I’ve continued to drink a few on the weekend and have got a couple of phobias to deal with which I picked up with the anxiety! I had all the symptoms including chronic muscle pain - racing heart, horrid thoughts, OCD, I was too scared to talk to anyone. I'd read every book, visited every therapist and this method is the best. I never got a correct diagnosis until I got The Linden Method it all made sense afterwards. The support staff are very nice too - buy it - you wont regret it!
I just wanted to thank you personally, Charles, for your method! I stumbled across this on the internet a couple of years ago, and didn't go ahead with it - I wish I had. I would have saved lots of money and heartache! I never thought I'd feel OK again, I thought my life would always be a struggle due to anxiety and OCD. After only 5 weeks I have my life back.
Gill H.
I owe my life to Charles linden ... he was like an angel that came in to my life and made me believe that I can get rid of my anxiety. I love this man with all my heart .. he is saving lives! he is blessed by god .. he is simply blessed
Rey
I just wanted to email you and say thank you so much for your book, it has changed my life. I would have never had this feeling without your help. It's not over, but I know it will be. I have set so many new goals and want to help people and meet people now. I just can't thank you enough!
Zach M.
Just wanna say a quick thanks... You've made sense of it all now and I'm working with your pack every day. It all seems to be going well and I've started getting back into everyday life - even going swimming now. Worth every penny. Thanks Charles... The world's a better place with people like you. I know your method can and will help 1000s of other people.
Richard S.
I just wanted to say how very grateful I am to your programme. I found it during a time of suffering from acute anxiety and panic attacks. The programme turned me around so quickly, not a single panic attack since, and that was 4 years ago. I know I'll never have another. Thank you so much.
Julie G.
God Bless you, for you already have changed my life over 5 years ago! I can't thank you enough for all you did for me! I know your method works because I'm set free by it! You are a gift from God and I thank Him for you all of the time! THANK YOU.
Bill S.
Before six year, at Pittsburgh airport, I've got my first panic attack. I knew that everything is in brain, but... I cure these attacks with Bromazepam 5 mg (when it occurs) and before half year every night with Clonazepam, 0.025 mg. In December, I had prostatectomy, and stopped with Clonazepam. Occasionally, I find your website. You can believe or not, but I've read only first 12 pages in January, and for me, it's enough! So, thanks a lot, thanks in advance (I have to read the rest of your book!) Maybe my letter sounds weird, but everything is true. Sorry for my Tarzan English, I'm from Serbia, and I never learned English grammar correctly. I'm physician, specialist for clinical physiology and pulmology. In this moment I'm director of Institute for the health protection of workers Novi Sad - in Serbia. www.medicinarada.rs If you want, you can use my letter as testimony. Sincerely yours,
Branko Miličević, MD, MSSerbia
Received my 'Linden' package; already much impressed! I have gone from not wanting to leave the house to going to an hours appointment at the hairdressers. I took a book with me and realised that I was breathing properly, felt 'normal' and calm and even enjoyed a cup of coffee. The weeks prior to this I would bolt in, have my hair trimmed, and bolt out again, in fear of panicking. So yes, something has 'clicked'. After having anxiety attacks since childhood (I have just turned 60) this is miraculous to say the least. I have just retired from working in a Doctor's surgery. In fact, in a job like mine, it very easy to imagine you have every illness in the book, not the best place for anxiety sufferer to work and yet I have thoroughly enjoyed my time there. I have just started the nine pillars. I thought they might be complicated but in fact it is simple and make perfect sense, because I was dwelling on my sensations which were horrific all day long, but not any more. From now on I will not mention the a..... word! Thank you for the 'method'." Regards
Angela K.
Dear Charles... I ordered your program on the 15th of this month... I believe I received the e-book, and materials on the 16th...
Less than 24 hrs later...
I PUT YOUR APPLICATIONS ON TOP OF WHAT I HAD ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED AND BECAME ANXIETY AND PANIC FREE! In actuality...the process took but a few hours to digest, but I was cautious about saying that I was "repaired"! Note: I used the term "repaired"...as an alternative to the word "cured"...as you had said I did not have a disease!
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Have you ever heard of having a "soul mate"...or similar vocabulary as to your "persona" being the duplicate of another person somewhere in the World? What is interesting is that it is alarmingly similar that...and do please note...I avoided using the words "fearful/scary"... As my father in-law had always joked... "It is like we went to different schools TOGETHER!"...... The analogy is the striking similarities of struggle in life's challenges...and the "amazing" ability to "overcome" all adversaries! I myself am a "non-medically" trained individual, not unlike yourself... I found my "niche" in this world in the calling regarding "flight" and "aircraft"... In my "hay-day"...some twenty-odd years past I was considered the "doctor"... As, if there was a problem that could not be reconsiled...people would turn to me... Hence the "nickname" DOC... And...Charles... You are the same...helping "others" where no one else does! I never asked myself where I could myself get "extraordinary" powers from? And the answer was in "adrenalin"...the same "adrenalin" which got out of control and caused the anxiety and panic. I just wanted to say Thank You... Thank You... your wife Beth...and your entire support staff... I can NEVER go back to where I was in "LIFE"... and do not take my successes lightly. Although I grasped your knowledge quickly I have continued to grow each hour of every day. The endless possibilities a NEW DAY brings...are excitement to one's heart, mind, and soul... God Bless...
Robert B.
I am writing to thank you for writing "The Linden Method" and to tell you about the profound change it has made to my life. Three and a half years ago I was having help from a Consultant Psychiatrist, a Psychologist, a Mental Health Nurse and my G.P. I was taking 10mg of Diazepam and 45mg of Zispin daily. In spite of the medication I felt dreadful. I woke early in the morning with a churning stomach. I had to get up right away and I trembled for half of the day. Because food made me feel ill I had developed a food phobia and often chose not to eat. My weight plummeted and my mouth was always dry. I was afraid to go out and I went nowhere, did nothing and had no friends. My husband and family were loving and kind and patient but perplexed and unable to help me. My mind teemed with worrying thoughts and I often thought about ending my life and thought about how I could do that. I had been in this state for a year. When I saw the advert for "The Linden Method" I felt I was clutching at straws but sent off for the Introductory Video. I immediately felt I could relate to what you were saying as I had discovered myself that talking about my condition at the "Anxiety Meetings" made me feel worse, not better. I embarked on following "The Linden Method" and gradually persuaded the Health Professionals that I could manage without them. I was told by the Consultant Psychiatrist that I would never be able to come off Diazepam because I wouldn't be able to cope psychologically. Gradually, my food phobia went and now I am back to eating with enjoyment, cooking and baking and having to watch my weight! I love our little garden and growing things from seed and am experimenting with growing some fruit and vegetables. When my husband had an operation I was able to get the bus to Tesco, do a big shop and get a taxi back by myself, and shopping holds no fears for me now. I read avidly and am writing my memoirs at the request of my grandchildren. I am able to go on holiday again and in August I went to Scotland by train with my husband - something I hadn't been able to do for many years. I was able to regain my Christian Faith, to rejoin the Methodist Church, to meet again old friends who welcomed me with open arms and to become absorbed in all the activities of a very busy, caring church. I now have the joy of a loving God at the centre of my life. I am now optimistic. I am busy and very happy and there are so many things I want to do I have difficulty fitting them all in. Thank you to Fiona. I didn't phone The Linden Centre very often but when I did her calm, helpful and caring manner never failed to help me and just to know she was there kept me going. So, once again, Charles, thank you! I hope my story and my appreciation will repay you in a small way for what you went through and for your hard work in helping others.
Shirley S.
I am extremely impressed with the Linden Center and its very simplistic, yet effective program. Having reviewed other methods available, this one surpasses the others! My husband and I researched the Internet, newspapers, books, libraries, medical books and physicians to find some help, but nothing even comes close to the thought behind The Linden Method. In a matter of weeks, I observed my husband showing progress; and now several months into the Program, the change is remarkable and wonderful! The "other" programs out there promised success, but it seemed to me that they were more interested in money, and not the well being of my husband or myself. Being a nurse I was a little skeptical at first, but after educating myself on the actual program; I quickly changed my mind and felt more positive of the promises that the Program offered. I particularly enjoyed the video that Beth made. It really opened my eyes to what the Program really means and what commitment we must all make, to make this work. There were times that my husband displayed anger over a situation or towards my response to a situation, but I have learned that I am correct in not supporting his old habits. Reinforce the good and dissolve the negative. I do tell my husband on a daily basis how well he is doing... ...and what gains he has made and that he should be proud of himself and what he has accomplished... ...incredible! Because of my background in conventional medicine: I was accustomed to fixing problems and concerns, by discussing, analyzing and then medicating. The Method makes much more sense! Why continue to "train your brain" to reinvent anxiety... ...Why not erase that pathway and take the right road!!! Such and easy and sensible concept! Very soon after initiation of the Program... ...I could see my husband start to do things that brought joy, and cease doing things that were painful and unpleasant. It was so amazing to see the change happen before my very eyes! I wholeheartedly agree 100% with The Linden Method. I have even grown from the Program and I do not have anxiety. Thank you for offering such a wonderful uncomplicated, realistic program. It is such a joy to find people who really care that some one gets help; and not for the monetary gains. Again, God Bless You all... for such a remarkable Program... ...Glenn is Glenn again! What I mean by that is Glenn is better that he ever was... ...so glad we found you, I do not know what we would have done!
Joy S.
I had suferred generalised anxiety for more than two years and I can tell that Charles' Linden Method helped me when I thought nothing could help me. I took medications like Valium, Zoloft, Lexotan, Xanax which had no effect over my anxiety, except making me feel very dizzy every day. Now it has been one year since I gave up the medication and I feel OK again.
Daniela S.Romania
I thought I would write in as it has been a while now. The reason for my writing is to thank you all for the support you have provided me since I became a 'methodite' in August 08. At the time I know I was your worst customer and I dont need you to sugar coat it, I was ringing twice a day complaining that my condition had not improved vastly overnight. With the benefit of time and even hindsight I can now honestly say my life has improved massively and it is down to the information your method provided. I soon became aware that the NHS are no great help with these conditions and that the only people in the world who can help and understand you are those who have been there themselves. I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel and once again life is worth living. I have as good a social life as I have had in years, I am back in the gym, playing football twice a week, I am back in my stressful job and what is more I am managing and without any medication. One of the key things your continued help and support allowed me to do was go through with my marriage in December 08 and for that I was, and still am, very grateful to you. The constant words of encouragement and the sheer explanation of my condition gave me an understanding of what was happening as well as a base to work from. I also feel, that with my darkest days behind me, I have become a much stronger person for my experience both physically and mentally. Thank you all so much and please do keep up the good work (the website is looking really good by the way and it is long overdue that you got some mainstram recognition!) You have the ability to change people's lives and you continue to do that.
James Hartley
P.S. In November you said that when I was felling better I should send you some wedding pictures. So please find enclosed a few along with a picture of myself in the Dominican Rainforest. The reason for this shot being that in the Method book it says your anxiety cannot and should not stop you going anywhere or doing anything. In light of how bad I was it shows what can be done.
Dear Charles, I call you Charles because you are a friend, a very dear friend... The most wonderful thing of all about The Linden Method was the knowledge that what was going on. SOMEBODY understood. Every treatment I had been offered over the years gave explanations to people who were worried about going to the supermarket or couldn't cope with a job etc. None of them explained the weird and frightening thoughts I had experienced; thoughts I was, for so many years, afraid to relate to anybody in case they locked me up! I was locked in a desperate world! Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will never be able to thank you enough.
Sandra T.
The Linden Method has improved my quality of life so much. Even before I had servere anxiety, it has made me realise how precious life is, and has opened me up to a new way of thinking and appreciating what I have got that I just took for granted before! I have always been an anxious person, even as a child I developed a form of OCD which caused me great discomfort for some time, checking and repeating the same ritual over and over. But even I knew deep down it was only when I thought about it that it occured and therefore I knew there was really nothing wrong with me. The Linden Method has confirmed this for me but it took ages for the habit to cease! Now it is a memory and nothing more. I purchased The Linden Method a few months back, after a couple of months deciding if it was really worth the money as I had to stop working due to the anxiety, which really did get bad, it felt like I was in my own personal nightmare and my brain had been turned inside out! I did some really irrational things which included staying with a friend at 5 in the morning because I was scared the electric was going to run out and I would be alone in the dark! The Linden Method seemed so refreshing after being prescribed Valium and antidepressants which I did not touch! (St. Johns Wort was my alternative) I took to it like a duck to water! Anyone can do it if they put their mind to it! I even told my doctor I'd eliminated my anxiety and he was like, 'But how?' I told him to have a look at the website to find out! I just want to enlighten people of this amazing method because I have 100% faith in it and myself, which is all you need! Thank you to Charles and the support staff!
Lindsey Burton
I was diagnosed as 'mentally ill' when I was 15 years old... It was a nightmare! what started out as a simple worry about me being seriously ill spiralled into an intense anxiety condition. I was put on 'Psychotherapy' for about six months before an intense bout of Anxiety, OCD whatever you choose to call this condition consumed me. I remember calling my Psychotherapist and crying because I was sick and scared of all these disturbing thoughts I was getting. He finally told my doctor to "treat" me with Zoloft. It worked wonders for awhile until I Graduated Highschool. At this time Zoloft lost its effectiveness and I was put on Luvox. Anyway fast forward to university I chose to do Psychiatry because I truly believd it was a noble cause to help people battle the mysterious mental illnesses that plagues humanity. As time went by I learned alot about psychiatry. I realized psychiatry isnt what I was led to believe.The idea that mental illness is a bodily disease dates back to the pre-modern medical conception of disease as a 'humoral imbalance'. As Psychiatric science progressed this finally became the cherised and loved medical model we see and hear about everyday. The notion that "mental illness" is a brain based disease is a downright lie! We have their excellent marketing to thank for that. Psychiatrist confuse theory for facts. FACT. Their arrogance knows no boundaries often cloaked in their 'medical qualifications'. Charles was right! All of you anxious people out there, You are not suffering from a mental illness! The 'symptoms' you feel are all completely normal human experience like what Charles said: part of our in-built survival mechanism, albeit inappropriate. All of you just have inaproppriate anxious reactions due to your anxious behaviour and memories of fear. The truth is you all have nothing to fear! God bless!
Lui P
The theory behind what you suggest is very sound, I discussed it with a neuroscientist friend of mine and he says it is consistent with what we know about the brain. Your advice showed me that and it takes will power and consistency but it does work and I hope I meet you one day to thank you for the 'kick' in the right direction I needed. All the best,
Adam Grey
Hi, Linden team! I sent a mail about my sister 2 months ago. Last week I went to Bosnia and I had a pleasure to share all the informations you've given to me. She said it helped her more than all the doctors that she visited in last 4 years. I hope I'll get good news soon. I will inform you about changes in her life. I had improved my life, too. My anxiety has gone. Life was cruel to all the Balcan people. It wouldn't be bad idea to have Linden centres in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia. There are lot of people you could help. I visited many web-sites in order to help my sister,but.. you are the best, you are offering solution.. not stupid medicaments and bad advices. God bless you all!
Tatjana Arbutina-Mihajlovic
I am a recent user of The Linden Method (indeed just started last week!) I was suffering from anxiety and panick attacks since last year, it got so disturbing I thought that even death was better, my thoughts drove me crazy and also these feelings which came with derealisation and depersonalisation. I then found The Linden Method as I was looking at videos on YouTube, about anxiety. At first I was worried that it would not work, I was so negative and I did not want to spend my money (I was really bitter) but my friends checked it out and really wanted me to try this one, so I got the downloadable version. The effect it had was amazing! The panic attacks stopped immediately (I did not have one since then) and now after a week my anxiety is just like a faded shadow-still lingering but I have my life back in control, I enjoy going out and participating in fun activities! To all fellow sufferers I'd say - life is waaays to beautiful! Don't waste another day and get The Linden Method! The money you spend on it is nothing compared to what you get out of it. Thank you so much.
Karin Regenass
Thank you sooooooo much for putting together this program. I was very skeptical at first. But now I am a believer. After suffering severe and terrifying panic attacks after the birth of my second child I felt almost hopeless and crazy. Even after the reassurance of friends and therapist I was still scared. But now... I am 98% panic free and it's been less then a month. Even with PMS (which always made it worse) I am doing just fine. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will tell everyone I know who has ever suffered... about you and your method. Love and light,
Yvette Johnson
The Linden Method is really working and I had results straight away. Anyone I know of that has panic/anxiety immediately gets told about this method. I am living proof it works! It takes a while for new behavior to become instinctual but this method has a serious and permanent effect on behavior right from the start and I cant believe that there hasn't been anything like this before. I've been surfing the web for answers and groveling for solutions for years and I've finally found it. My family doctor is very interested and I'm going to give him the website so he can look at it for himself. The thing is my doctor isn't a bad guy, just misinformed. The way this method came about is the only way it could've happened, through experience and dealing with it WELL AND ALONE! I commend Charles on his bravery. Its just so hard to believe that, like I said, something like this hasn't come along sooner. Its just so new that its mind boggling! And it works so well, the answers are so simple and, well its just amazing. If Charles every reads this (O: I want you to know that this method has no place to go but up and out over the hills and across the oceans. Something like this simply cannot be ignored! Rest assured, the word is getting out." Much Thanks
Matt. Driver
Not sure if you will remember but I have had a few conversations in reference to my Fiancee Dean, we purchased your Charles Linden program a few months back and he is so much better I have not seen a symptom from him for at least 3 months now, he feels like a new person... I can't thank you enough I just wish I purchased it sooner. I cant write in words how thankful I am to you, you are a very clever person to be able to achieve what you have and make all of those people cure there anxiety, I just wish I could re pay you in some way. I hope you have a very happy life and thanks again." Love Sam Sheppard
Thank you! Whoever reads this email I would be very obliged if you could show it to everyone else. I am cured! I haven't been in touch for a couple of weeks because I thought I would just see how it went. It happened without me really realizing and all of a sudden. I can't believe it and I shall certainly be "plugging" The Linden Method to anyone I know who suffers from panic and anxiety. I am back working again, from home, but that's what I wanted to do anyway! I went into Manchester last week to pick up some work and went into a very crowded and busy firm of Solicitors and had a long conversation with the senior partner who gave me a huge amount of work to bring home. I have been going into supermarkets again and shops and last week I spent virtually all day in my little boy's School. I really cannot believe it and I cannot thank you all enough. I am cured! If I ever get twinges or doubts again - I know what to do! There is no fear left inside me. I have well and truly kicked it into touch. Please feel free to print this on the web site if you wish. Many many thanks.
Gillian Brierley
Dear Charles, Thank you so much for speaking with Annie and me last week. It appears that the method is starting to click with her. My husband and I noticed that there's a 'light' in her eyes again, where she previously looked preoccupied with worry. The suggestion of my staying at school with her seems to be working. I plan on doing it the rest of the week or more if necessary. She's seems so much happier and it's only been a little more than a week since we started the method. Thanks again for giving us hope. I feel that through The Linden Method, we are getting our daughter back. I wasted so much money and time going to therapists, reading info about OCD and anxiety etc. and I'm so glad I came across your website. God Bless you,
Cindi
I'm simply e-mailing you to let you know that you saved my life. I'm 25, and I have always been a very outgoing, charming guy. Led an active lifestyle. I've been on a downward spiral these past few months and I thought there was no way out. I had a sick feeling in my stomach all day long, felt like I was in a dream world and I couldn't get out. It was utterly hopeless. Felt numb, and agitated. Became very agoraphobic and spent most of my time in my apartment alone. I went to see my doctor, and she diagnosed me with panic/anxiety disorder, and of course prescribed Paxil. she told me that what I have is a disorder, an imbalance and there's nothing that can be done to help me, except take meds. (i am very angry at her for being so quick to prescribe them) I was terrified of going on medication and heard horror stories about Paxil. I took the pills for 4 days and felt much worse. I couldn't think straight, and I couldn't focus. I threw the bottle out and started searching the net for answers, as I've done countless times before. For some reason I finally stumbled upon your site and bought your pack. I'm going on 3 weeks of following your advice, and my anxiety is gone completely. I can't believe it. It blows my mind that more people don't know about your method. It is the holy grail, as you put it. I was under the impression that I would spend the rest of my days popping pills and dealing with something that I didn't know how to cure. You saved me, before I fell even further into the depths of despair, and I am eternally grateful Thank you so much.
Dwight D.

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