Transform your Relationship with Money
ONLINE FINANCIAL THERAPY FOR INDIVIDUALS IN CALIFORNIA
Therapy to reduce financial anxiety, set boundaries, and heal money trauma
Are you feeling overwhelmed by financial anxiety?
Perhaps you find yourself trapped in a cycle of impulse purchases followed by buyer’s remorse or maybe you find your relationship(s) dominated by arguments about money. You may still carry the legacy of financial abuse that makes it difficult to trust yourself or others with money matters. Maybe you are feeling like no matter how much you work, you never have enough, or are struggling to make decisions about even the simplest purchases. Perhaps you’re feeling hopeless that you can ever escape your feelings of financial insecurity.
Whatever it is that you’re experiencing, you’re beginning to notice it spilling over into other parts of your life, leaving you:
Unable to feel good about any of your financial decisions
Afraid to talk with loved ones about your financial life
Overwhelmed by anxiety, guilt, and shame surrounding your spending and saving
Embarrassed that you’ve tried all kinds of budgeting and spending tools, but nothing seems to help
Financial therapy can offer hope
While the road ahead may seem daunting, reclaiming peace and stability in your financial life is within reach. With the support of online financial therapy, you can cultivate a sense of abundance free from the grip of anxiety, guilt, and shame. You can foster healthier relationships—with yourself, your loved ones, and your finances. Financial therapy equips you with the tools and insights needed to navigate your financial journey with confidence and clarity.
In a world that often tries to tell us that money dictates our worth and well-being, it's no surprise that many people are burdened by financial stress and worry. Whether you’re dealing with sudden financial changes, money trauma from past experiences, or simply looking to improve your financial well-being, financial therapy online can offer you the support and guidance you need.
What Is Financial Therapy?
You may be asking yourself, "What is a financial therapist?" A financial therapist is a specialized professional who helps individuals and couples explore and heal their emotional relationship with money. Unlike traditional financial advisors who focus solely on the numbers, financial therapists delve into the psychological and emotional aspects of your money behaviors. Through financial therapy, you can uncover the underlying beliefs and emotions that drive your financial decisions, helping you to make more informed, balanced choices.
How Financial Therapy Online Can Help
Financial therapy online allows you to address your money-related concerns from the comfort of your own home or office. Whether you are facing financial anxiety, dealing with the aftermath of money trauma, or simply want to understand why you struggle with money management, online therapy can be a game-changer.
Financial therapy online can help you
Understand and heal money trauma
Many people carry financial trauma from past experiences, whether it's growing up in poverty, dealing with financial abuse, or experiencing a sudden change in circumstances. Therapy can help you address these deep-seated issues, allowing you to move forward with confidence.
Explore your money story
Discover the beliefs and narratives about money that have shaped your life. These stories often originate in childhood and can influence your current relationship with money.
Learn how to cope with financial anxiety
Therapy can provide you with tools and strategies to manage anxiety, helping you to feel more in control of your financial situation.
Build a healthier relationship with money
Through therapy, you can develop a more positive, empowered relationship with money, leading to better financial decisions and a more fulfilling life.
Who Can Benefit from Financial Therapy?
Financial therapy is beneficial for anyone looking to improve their relationship with money, but it can be particularly helpful for:
Individuals dealing with financial anxiety
If money worries keep you up at night or cause you constant stress, financial therapy can provide you with tools to manage that anxiety.
People with a history of money trauma
Those who have experienced financial loss, abuse, or grew up in financially unstable environments may find that financial therapy helps them process and heal from these experiences.
Couples struggling with money issues
Financial disagreements are one of the leading causes of stress in relationships. Therapy can help couples communicate more effectively about money and develop shared financial goals.
Newly wealthy individuals
If you’ve recently come into a significant amount of money, whether through inheritance, a windfall, or a sudden career success, financial therapy can help you navigate the complex emotions and decisions that come with newfound wealth.
Those who want to break the cycle of financial self-sabotage
If you find yourself repeating the same unhelpful financial behaviors, such as overspending or avoiding financial planning, therapy can help you uncover and change these patterns.
How financial therapy works
Financial therapy can help you find more confidence in managing your financial life Here’s how we’ll do it:
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Take stock of the past
Take a look at the education and messaging you received (or didn’t receive) about finances and money - from your family, community, and our culture - that are still interfering with your life. We will dig deep to find your deepest and most ingrained beliefs about money.
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Change unhealthy patterns
We’ll take note of the ways your internal beliefs about money have limited your options and made you feel stuck on a dead end road. Together, we will develop a new more flexible mindset, allowing you to think creatively and find a new path forward.
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Cultivate confidence about the future
Build the skills and tools you need to feel confident that your decisions are aligned with your values and dreams, allowing you to live a less stressful and more abundant life.
I’ll help through this process, tailoring each step to your unique needs and circumstances. My approach to therapy for money and finances comes from a place of confidence: confidence that you have the ability to let go of the fear and guilt and create the relationship with money that allows you to thrive.
Systemic Money Trauma
In addition to personal money trauma, many people also experience what can be termed as the trauma of capitalism. In a society where success is often measured by financial gain, it's easy to internalize harmful beliefs about self-worth, productivity, and money. The pressure to constantly achieve, consume, and compete can create a pervasive sense of inadequacy and anxiety. Capitalism can instill a fear of scarcity, making us believe that we’ll never have enough, no matter how hard we work.
This capitalist-driven anxiety can manifest as:
Chronic stress about money: The never-ending pursuit of financial security in a system that thrives on economic instability.
Feelings of inadequacy: Equating your worth with your income, savings, or spending power.
Burnout and exhaustion: The relentless pressure to perform and produce, often at the expense of your well-being.
Financial therapy online can help you unpack and heal from the trauma of capitalism by:
Challenging the capitalist narratives that have shaped your financial behaviors.
Reclaiming your sense of worth beyond financial success.
Developing a more sustainable and balanced approach to money and work.
Healing Money Trauma
Money trauma can manifest in various ways, including chronic anxiety about finances, compulsive spending or saving, and difficulties in maintaining healthy financial relationships. Healing money trauma requires a deep understanding of your financial past, as well as the emotions and beliefs tied to your financial behaviors.
In financial therapy online, we work together to:
Identify and process traumatic financial experiences that continue to affect you.
Develop healthier financial habits that are aligned with your values and goals.
Rebuild your sense of financial security and self-worth.
You can change your money story
Therapy for money trauma can help you get there.
I shared my approach to managing financial anxiety in financial blog from US Bank, Check it out to get a sense of how I work
FINANCIAL THERAPY THAT’S TAILORED TO YOUR UNIQUE NEEDS.
Things we can focus on in financial therapy:
Understanding the ways that your early money memories are affecting you in the present
Healing from the financial fallout of a divorce or breakup so that you can move on in a healthy way
Getting to the root cause of your inability to stick to budgets and financial plans
Learning new ways to view yourself and your finances that are empowering and attainable
Stopping they cycle of shame and regret that has kept you from moving forward
Identifying your financial values and create values-inspired financial goals
I use a variety of evidence-based methods and proven approaches to help you find abundance:
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Humans are hard-wired for connection and the experiences we have with relationships in our early life shape they way we experience and participate in all relationships going forward, including our relationship with money.
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Learning mindfulness can help all of us to become more aware of and accepting of our feelings. Mindfulness can help us better identify the thoughts we have about ourselves, relationships, and the world as well as increase our ability to navigate difficult emotions.
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CBT helps us uncover the ways our thoughts influence our feelings and behaviors. Let’s take a look at some of the limiting beliefs you have about money that may be holding you back.
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Brainspotting is a form of somatic therapy that is used in treating symptoms of trauma. Brainspotting helps you to process and heal from trauma by reducing or relieving the symptoms of emotional distress that often emerge after traumatic experiences. Brainspotting uses bilateral stimulation (engaging both sides of the brain) to allow you to process the memory where it is stored in your brain in a manner that is not debilitating.
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Narrative therapy helps you consider the stories you have been told by others and by yourself about money. Let’s take a look at the way that capitalism tricks us into equating our financial worth with our personal worth so we can heal the shame you feel about your financial situation.
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Join my setting financial boundaries group and spend 8 weeks learning the importance of setting financial boundaries, making values-driven money decisions, and tools to resist outside pressures in a supportive environment.
IMAGINE A LIFE WHERE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT…
Imagine feeling confident that your money decisions are aligned with your goals and values.
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Imagine looking forward to sitting down to make financial plans.
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Imagine releasing yourself from the shame and guilt you feel over your financial situation.
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Imagine finding freedom from buyer’s remorse
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Imagine finally feeling like you have enough
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All of this is possible for you
Making peace with money is possible
Financial therapy can help you get there
What you need to know about Financial Therapy
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We meet weekly for 50 minute sessions via video. During our first few sessions, we'll get to know each other, make sure we're a good fit, and decide on some goals for working together. After that, I check in regularly to make sure we're working on issues that are important to you in ways that feel productive and safe. Questions and feedback are always welcome. Every once in a while you might get to see my lab mix, Roscoe, but that’s only if he feels camera ready.
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I will NOT be providing you with any financial, Investment, tax, or legal advice. As a therapist, it is my role to help you explore your deepest feelings and beliefs about money that may be interfering with your life. Together, we will work on creating a healthier relationship with money.
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While there are no guarantees, we take great care and intention in exploring how your fears about money are affecting your life from the internal to the external. Not only do we peel back layers of how fear and anxiety specifically manifest for you, we also work collaboratively to create tools that help you slow down and bring continued awareness to your experience and learn how to navigate your emotional states.
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I love therapy! But I’m not going to tell you that you NEED financial therapy. I will say most people who choose to go to therapy are happy with their decision, especially those who take the time to find the right therapist. If it turns out I am not the right fit for you, I can help you find someone who is.
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I’m so glad you asked! First, click the “Schedule a free consultation” button 👇to book our initial call. During our call together, we’ll have a short conversation about what’s bringing you to therapy now, answer any additional questions you might have, and overall get a chance to see if we’re a good fit.
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