Healthy Love and Money Blog

        When people talk about financial wellbeing, many times they talk about their wealth, their portfolio, or their financial security. However, financial wellbeing is more than that. It has to do with your psychological and spiritual relationship with money and how it impacts your financial decisions. These aspects of financial wellbeing can be influenced by your family, but also from your cultural and religious background. To find a sense of confidence in money...

          In my recent LinkedIn article and blog posts (When You Need A Financial Therapist and What is in The Financial Therapist’s Toolbox), I have discussed the field of Financial Therapy. The formal education that is required to become a Certified Financial Therapist. And the experiential education therapists choose to develop their unique approach to helping their clients. The question now is, what are the next steps to be sure you choose the right...

         Financial therapists have a toolbox filled with skills they can use to help their clients. In my last post, I told you about the formal education required to become a Certified Financial Therapist, which is a very comprehensive, intense process. Additionally, through life experiences and other educational avenues, therapists develop techniques and skills they then choose to use when serving their clients. It takes a broad knowledge base, as well as those...

      You may not be familiar with the field of Financial Therapy, or that there are therapists who specifically work with people on their emotions around money. A Certified Financial Therapist must complete formal educational requirements that train them on how to guide their clients in improving their money relationships by understanding their money beliefs. As the client, it is important to understand the different aspects of the therapist’s training before choosing to...