Financial Therapy
I help you uncover the emotional and relational roots of money struggles, so that practical strategies of money management can finally take hold.
Money, Safety & Connection
Even those with steady or high incomes can find themselves caught in painful cycles with money. Over time, these tensions quietly erode connection — both with oneself and with others. Many people try to address these struggles with new financial strategies or simply making more money. Yet the changes rarely last because the deeper emotional roots remain unacknowledged and unaddressed.
Often, it’s not just the money itself that keeps us stuck — it’s the shame of not having it all figured out. That shame makes it difficult to slow down, get curious, and explore what’s really happening.
Money touches nearly every part of our lives and relationships and when conflict arises (whether with a partner or within ourselves) around spending, saving, or financial goals, it’s rarely just about numbers. It’s about safety, autonomy, power, and belonging: the underlying emotional patterns that shape how we give, receive, and trust. You deserve support that honors both the emotional and physiological layers of your experience. I can help you feel greater ease, curiosity, and connection; so your relationship with money can become a source of greater freedom and trust.
How I Can Help
I support individuals in slowing down and getting curious about their personal relationship with money; exploring how it developed, what it protects, and what it’s longing to restore. Together, we uncover the beliefs and behaviors that may keep you in cycles of anxiety, avoidance, or over-control, even when your income increases.
With couples, we work to understand the emotional meaning behind financial conflict and build a new foundation for communication, empathy, and shared values. When each partner feels seen and understood, practical money strategies become possible; and collaboration begins to replace tension and blame.
Through this process, clients begin to:
Recognize how their money stories were formed and how those stories show up in the here and now
Understand each other’s emotional needs and protective strategies
Develop shared language, values, and goals around money
Experience greater ease, honesty, and connection
The goal isn’t perfect agreement — it’s creating more safety, awareness, and connection around one of life’s most charged and meaningful topics.
Challenge: Research shows that financial stress is one of the leading causes of anxiety and depression, and high earners are just as susceptible to these challenges.
How I can help: Together, we’ll reduce the shame, anxiety, and avoidance patterns that often derail even the best financial plan. When money feels safer to face, clients are more able to follow through on the strategies their advisors recommend.
Challenge: Money can become a source of disconnection in relationships. Beneath financial disagreements are often deeper dynamics — around safety, control, autonomy, and trust — that quietly erode connection, even for couples with stable or high income.
How I can help: I support couples in becoming more curious about the meaning money holds for each of them. Together, we explore patterns that drive conflict, align shared values, and create more honesty and collaboration around financial decisions.
Challenge: Many high earners quietly tie their self-worth to their net worth. When debt, overspending, or financial missteps arise, shame can block change.
How I can help: In therapy, clients learn to separate identity from money. Together we build healthier self-concepts that reduce destructive cycles and create freedom to choose new behaviors.
Challenge: Our relationship with money often reflects deeper survival strategies learned in childhood. Scarcity fears, compulsive spending, or avoidance are not just “bad habits”; they’re often rooted in trauma.
How I can help: I guide clients in recognizing and transforming unconscious “money scripts” so they can build more intentional, sustainable patterns.
Challenge: High earners often stay caught in cycles of overwork, overspending, and exhaustion. This can undermine both their health and their long-term wealth.
How I can help: I support clients in aligning financial choices with values and wellbeing, fostering a sustainable lifestyle instead of constant burnout.
Financial planners and advisors bring the expertise of numbers. I bring the expertise of human psychology, relationships, and trauma-informed care. When combined, clients gain both the practical strategies and the emotional capacity to sustain them.